Dramatic Revisions of Myths, Fairy Tales and Legends

Essays on Recent Plays

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

These new essays explore the ways in which contemporary dramatists have retold or otherwise made use of myths, fairy tales and legends from a variety of cultures, including Greek, West African, North American, Japanese, and various parts of Europe. The dramatists discussed range from well-established playwrights such as Tony Kushner, Caryl Churchill, and Timberlake Wertenbaker to new theatrical stars such as Sarah Ruhl and Tarell Alvin McCraney. The book contributes to the current discussion of adaptation theory by examining the different ways, and for what purposes, plays revise mythic stories and characters. The essays contribute to studies of literary uses of myth by focusing on how recent dramatists have used myths, fairy tales and legends to address contemporary concerns, especially changing representations of women and the politics of gender relations but also topics such as damage to the environment and political violence.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:354 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:258
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786465125

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Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Teater inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Verna A. Foster is a professor of English at Loyola University Chicago. She is the author of numerous essays on modern drama. She lives in Chicago.

Recensioner i media

“remarkable...highly recommended”—Choice; “admirably wide-ranging survey...offers new perspectives.... There is plenty to stimulate and provoke in these essays, but what is particularly valuable about this volume is the juxtaposition and interaction of these analyses...a valuable survey on an important aspect of contemporary playwriting and theater practice..”—Comparative Drama.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionVERNA A. FOSTER Hellenic Women Revisited: The Aesthetics of Mythic Revision in the Plays of Karen Hartman, Sarah Ruhl and Caridad SvichMIRIAM CHIRICO Greek Tragedy Transformed: A. R. Gurney and Charles Mee Rewrite Greek DramaKARELISA HARTIGAN “That story is not true”: Unmaking Myth in Ellen McLaughlin’s Helen and Saviana Stanescu and Richard Schechner’s YokastaSELIZABETH W. SCHARFFENBERGER Tina Howe and Demetrian SeriocomedyJEFFREY B. LOOMIS Children of Yemayá and the American Eshu: West African Myth in African-American TheatreKEVIN J. WETMORE, JR. Punctured by Patriarchy: Theatricalizing the Christian Assault upon Native Mythology in Tomson Highway’s Dry Lips Oughta Move to KapuskasingCHRISTY STANLAKE Damaged Myth in Caryl Churchill’s The SkrikerAMELIA HOWE KRITZER Between Desire and Authority: The “Dybbuk” in Modernist and Postmodern Theatrical Adaptations from S. Ansky to Tony KushnerSHARON FRIEDMAN Martin McDonagh’s Fractured Fairy Tales: Representational Horrors in The PillowmanANTHONY ELLIS Food, Sex and Fairy Tales: Wallace Shawn’s Grasses of a Thousand ColorsSHEILA RABILLARD Turning Komachi Legends, Gender and Noh Inside Out: Remaking Desire in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Early PlayMAYA E. ROTH Romancing “La Corriveau” and Marguerite de Nontron: Anne Hébert’s La Cage and L’Île de la demoiselleGREGORY J. REID Bloody Relations of Exchange: Sharon Pollock’s Revision of Legend and Feminine Myth in Blood RelationsLAURA SNYDER Beth Henley’s Abundance: The Cinematic Myth of the Wild West RevisedVERNA A. FOSTER About the Contributors Index