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Language and Metadrama in Major Barbara and Pygmalion

Author : Jean Reynolds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783030960728
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Language and Metadrama in Major Barbara and Pygmalion written by Jean Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In a cleverly developed argument, refreshingly new in its unearthing of the more complex metadrama beneath the surface drama, Reynolds shows us the complexity of the battle that ends without a knockout yet celebrates the "Shavian sisters" for their resourcefulness in seeing it to the end, and even more celebrates Shaw for writing with such depth and breadth of understanding." - Richard F. Dietrich, Author of Bernard Shaw's Novels (1996), Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida, USA This book focuses on two important topics in Shaw's Major Barbara and Pygmalion that have received little attention from critics: language and metadrama. If we look beyond the social, political, and economic issues that Shaw explored in these two plays, we discover that the stories of the two "Shavian sisters"- Barbara Undershaft and Eliza Doolittle-are deeply concerned with performance and what Jacques Derrida calls "the problem of language." Nearly every character in Major Barbara produces, directs, or acts in at least one miniature play. In Pygmalion, Henry Higgins is Eliza's acting coach and phonetics teacher, as well as the star of an impromptu, open-air phonetics show. The language content in these two plays is just as intriguing. Did Eliza Doolittle have to learn Standard English to become a complete human being? Should we worry about the bad grammar we hear at Barbara Undershaft's Salvation Army shelter? Is English losing its precision and purity? Meanwhile, in the background, Shaw keeps reminding us that language and theatre are always present in our everyday lives-sometimes serving as stabilizing forces, and sometimes working to undo them. Jean Reynolds is Professor Emerita of English at Polk State College, USA. Her previous publications include Shaw and Feminisms (2013), co-edited with D.L. Hadfield, and Pygmalion's Wordplay: The Postmodern Shaw (1999), as well as multiple articles and reviews for SHAW: The Journal of Shaw Studies, of which she is an editorial board member.

Language and Metadrama in Major Barbara and Pygmalion

Author : Jean Reynolds
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030960714
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Language and Metadrama in Major Barbara and Pygmalion written by Jean Reynolds and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on two important topics in Shaw’s Major Barbara and Pygmalion that have received little attention from critics: language and metadrama. If we look beyond the social, political, and economic issues that Shaw explored in these two plays, we discover that the stories of the two “Shavian sisters”— Barbara Undershaft and Eliza Doolittle—are deeply concerned with performance and what Jacques Derrida calls “the problem of language.” Nearly every character in Major Barbara produces, directs, or acts in at least one miniature play. In Pygmalion, Henry Higgins is Eliza’s acting coach and phonetics teacher, as well as the star of an impromptu, open-air phonetics show. The language content in these two plays is just as intriguing. Did Eliza Doolittle have to learn Standard English to become a complete human being? Should we worry about the bad grammar we hear at Barbara Undershaft’s Salvation Army shelter? Is English losing its precision and purity? Meanwhile, in the background, Shaw keeps reminding us that language and theatre are always present in our everyday lives—sometimes serving as stabilizing forces, and sometimes working to undo them.

Bernard Shaw’s and Virginia Woolf’s Interior Authors

Author : Lagretta Tallent Lenker
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031496043
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Bernard Shaw’s and Virginia Woolf’s Interior Authors written by Lagretta Tallent Lenker and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pygmalion and My Fair Lady

Author : George Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Signet Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780451519269
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Pygmalion and My Fair Lady written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Signet Classics. This book was released on 1975 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Greek legend is presented in two different formats--the original by Shaw and the musical play by Lerner.

Pygmalion and My Fair Lady (50th Anniversary Edition)

Author : George Bernard Shaw
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0451530098
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Pygmalion and My Fair Lady (50th Anniversary Edition) written by George Bernard Shaw and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006-03-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then, Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach beyond the barrier of stone, brought the statue to life and gave her to Pygmalion as his bride. Centuries later, George Bernard Shaw captured the magic of this legend in his celebrated romantic play, Pygmalion. Pygmalion became Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, his statue an untutored flower girl from the streets of London, and the barrier between them the difference in their stations in life. In My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner takes the legend one step further—the barrier is swept away and Higgins and Eliza are reunited as the curtain falls on one of the loveliest musical plays of our time—winning seven Tonys® for its original Broadway production, and seven Oscars® for its film adaptation.

Pygmalion and My Fair Lady

Author : George Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Signet Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780451517609
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Pygmalion and My Fair Lady written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Signet Classics. This book was released on 1975-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe's "My Fair Lady," this special edition contains Shaw's original play and the script and lyrics for the Tony(- and Academy Award(-winning musical. Revised reissue.

Pygmalion's Wordplay

Author : Jean Reynolds
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781982055981
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book Pygmalion's Wordplay written by Jean Reynolds and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-12-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's good news for everyone who loves Bernard Shaw: because his works are going out of copyright, we can expect to see many more productions of his wonderful plays - and to be surprised again by his insight, humor, and relevance. Pygmalion (more familiar in its musical form - My Fair Lady) is probably his most popular play - and his most surprising one. In Pygmalion's Wordplay, I argue that long before the postmodernists came along, Shaw intuited their ideas about language and explored them in Pygmalion. This is a book for anyone who loves Shaw and is curious about postmodern ideas about language. In Shaw's hands, Eliza Doolittle's story becomes an enduring work of literature - and the ideas of Derrida, Saussure, and other postmodernists become provocative and accessible.

Shaw and Feminisms

Author : D. A. Hadfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813062389
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Shaw and Feminisms written by D. A. Hadfield and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A worthy successor to Fabian Feminist. Shaw's influence on the self-image and public standing of women has been immense, both in his time and in our own, yet Shaw has also been widely and sometimes appallingly misunderstood. This book should help clarify the complexities of the issue and provoke continued reflection and debate."--Julie A. Sparks, San Jose State University "This collection suggests that Shaw's views of women are still relevant and provocative and that the dialogue with Shaw is far from over."--Sally Peters, author of Bernard Shaw: The Ascent of the Superman When offstage actions contradict a playwright's onstage message, literary study gets messy. In his personal relationships, George Bernard Shaw was often ambivalent toward liberated women--surprisingly so, considering his reputation as one of the first champions of women's rights. His private attitudes sit uncomfortably beside his public philosophies that were so foundational to first-wave feminism. Here, Shaw's long-recognized influence on feminism is reexamined through the lens of twenty-first-century feminist thought as well as previously unpublished primary sources. New links appear between Shaw's writings and his gendered notions of physicality, pain, performance, nationalism, authorship, and politics. The book's archival material includes previously unpublished Shaw correspondence and excerpts from the works of his feminist playwright contemporaries. Shaw and Feminisms explores Shaw's strong female characters, his real-life involvement with women, and his continuing impact on theater and politics today. A volume in the Florida Bernard Shaw Series, edited by R. F. Dietrich Contributors: Tracy J. R. Collins - Leonard W. Conolly - Virginia Costello - D. A. Hadfield - Brad Kent - Kay Li - Jackie Maxwell - John M. McInerney - Michel Pharand - Jean Reynolds - Margaret D. Stetz - Lawrence Switzky - Rodelle Weintraub - Ann Wilson

Introduction to College Writing

Author : Jean Reynolds
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 : 9780130803283
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to College Writing written by Jean Reynolds and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a step-by-step approach to writing, this book reminds its readers (and writers) that every professional person is a professional writer. It motivates them to learn about writing, challenges them to find something interesting to write about, and offers guidance while developing ideas into paragraphs and essays. Collaborative activities, extensive coverage of the writing process, a thorough usage review, and in-depth, practical instruction in rhetorical, are just some of the effective teaching tools in this guide to producing better writing. It also features quotations and anecdotes about writing from such experts and successful authors as Ernest Hemingway, Susan Sontag, Ellen Goodman, Ken Macrorie, and more. Other reading selections include diverse topics and works by Maya Angelou, Anne Frank, Colin Powell, Alex Haley, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Gwendolyn Brooks. For preparation in the professional world of writing -- letters, reports, proposals, evaluations, presentations, and speeches.

The Criminal Justice Report Writing Guide for Officers

Author : Jean Reynolds Ph. D.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578082943
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book The Criminal Justice Report Writing Guide for Officers written by Jean Reynolds Ph. D. and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criminal Justice Report Writing offers both recruits and experienced officers a wealth of information about report writing. A pre-test and post-test help you assess your stengths and determine which skills need your attention. Topics include organizing and writing reports, bullet style, reviewing sentence skills, avoiding usage errors, and applying the specialized vocabulary needed for report writing. Sample reports are included. Exercises are provided throughout the book, and an Answer Key allows you to check your progress at each step.

Report Writing for Code Inspectors

Author : Jean Reynolds.
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781494237837
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (378 download)

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Download or read book Report Writing for Code Inspectors written by Jean Reynolds. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report writing skills are essential to success in your code enforcement career. Your notices of violation, letters, and reports are public documents that may be read by supervisors, attorneys, judges, citizens, design professionals, contractors, and reporters. Quality inspection reports and notices of violation help ensure code compliance, impress superiors, and win respect from colleagues. They facilitate repairs, reinforce requirements for safe operations, and ensure unsafe practices are discontinued. "Report Writing for Code Inspectors" covers a wide range of topics: basic principles for organizing and writing reports, bullet style, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure, English usage, and the specialized vocabulary you need for your reports. Sample reports are included, along with a pre-test, post-test, practice exercises, and a complete answer key.

A Student Guide to Play Analysis

Author : David Rush
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809326099
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book A Student Guide to Play Analysis written by David Rush and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the skills of a playwright, the vision of a producer, and the wisdom of an experienced teacher, David Rush offers a fresh and innovative guide to interpreting drama in A Student Guide to Play Analysis, the first undergraduate teaching tool to address postmodern drama in addition to classic and modern. Covering a wide gamut of texts and genres, this far-reaching and user-friendly volume is easily paired with most anthologies of plays and is accessible even to those without a literary background. Contending that there are no right or wrong answers in play analysis, Rush emphasizes the importance of students developing insights of their own. The process is twofold: understand the critical terms that are used to define various parts and then apply these to a particular play. Rush clarifies the concepts of plot, character, and language, advancing Aristotle's concept of the Four Causes as a method for approaching a play through various critical windows. He describes the essential difference between a story and a play, outlines four ways of looking at plays, and then takes up the typical structural devices of a well-made play, four primary genres and their hybrids, and numerous styles, from expressionism to postmodernism. For each subject, he defines critical norms and analyzes plays common to the canon. A Student Guide to Play Analysis draws on thoughtful examinations of such dramas as The Cherry Orchard, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Fences, The Little Foxes, A Doll House, The Glass Menagerie, and The Emperor Jones. Each chapter ends with a list of questions that will guide students in further study.

What Your English Teacher Didn't Tell You

Author : Jean Reynolds, Ph.d.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781482796971
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book What Your English Teacher Didn't Tell You written by Jean Reynolds, Ph.d. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm a longtime English teacher, consultant, editor, and professional writer. Over the years many people told me about their secret desire to write for publication. They have an abundant storehouse of ideas and experiences to write about. What holds them back is finding time for an intensive review of English grammar. They're always astonished when I tell them that there's an easier pathway to writing-one that doesn't involve complex grammar theory, workbook exercises, and grammar tests. Here's what your English teacher may not have told you: You've been using language expertly all your life, and you can easily build on that foundation to learn the sentence patterns and writing strategies used by professional writers. The traditional curriculums and teaching materials used in many schools don't always cover the skills needed for 21st-century writing. But you'll find them in my book. "What Your English Teacher Didn't Tell You" offers you a thorough review of punctuation, sentence structure, and usage. Practice Activities and a Pretest allow you to assess what you're learning. A complete Answer Key is included. Everything is presented in plain, everyday language. More important, you'll learn how to use writing to showcase yourself, your knowledge, and your ideas. You can use your new skills in writing classes, workplace tasks, and creative writing-short stories, a novel, a nonfiction book, a memoir. This book was written with YOU in mind. My teaching techniques have helped countless students take their writing skills to exciting new levels. I'm eager to share them with you. Let's get started! Praise for "What Your English Teacher Didn't Tell You": "Practical and accessible" - Marcella Cooper, Temple University, Osaka, Japan "Personable and readable...Jean knows her subject forwards and backwards." - Adair Lara, author of "Hold Me Close, Let Me Go"

Police Talk

Author : Jean Reynolds
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 : 9780130895882
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Police Talk written by Jean Reynolds and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-have guide for all law enforcement personnel, this state-of-the-art book helps develop and sharpen the verbal skills so important to modern police work. Based on actual situations that bring the realities of the profession to life, it focuses on the challenges faced by today's community police officers, and offers practical and often lifesaving instruction in a wide range of communication skills.KEY TOPICS: Begins each chapter with theory and quickly moves to real-life applications, with many examples of dialogue (both effective and ineffective) between officers and citizens. Covers such skills as interviewing, notetaking, conflict resolution, problem-solving, dealing with handicapped persons, coping with job-related stress, domestic violence, sensitivity and diversity issues, assertiveness, use of authority, sexual harassment, and more. Emphasizes officer safety and shows how effective communication skills can defuse an explosive situation. Features real-world policing scenarios throughout, and helps readers learn to recognize and handle the kinds of manipulative ploys often used by persons who are breaking the law so that they can perform their jobs more effectively and with a higher degree of safety. MARKET: For recruits, veteran police officers, and others in the criminal justice profession.

Criminal Justice Report Writing

Author : Jean Reynolds
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781470164454
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book Criminal Justice Report Writing written by Jean Reynolds and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criminal Justice Report Writing offers both recruits and experienced officers a wealth of information about report writing. This comprehensive book includes a pre-test and post-test to help you assess your strengths and determine which skills need your attention. Chapter topics include organizing and writing professional reports, sentence skills, bullet style, avoiding usage errors, and the specialized vocabulary needed for report writing. Sample reports are included. Exercises are provided throughout the book, and an Answer Key allows you to check your progress at each step. Free supplements, including PowerPoints and practice quizzes, are available at www.YourPoliceWrite.com. Instructors can download a free instructors' manual by sending an email from an official account to [email protected]. Praise for CRIMINAL JUSTICE REPORT WRITING: I wish I'd had this in my hands prior to my first report....With your book I would have had a valuable resource. William Fienga, Correctional Probation Senior Officer, Florida Department of Corrections I would have loved to have had a book like yours when I was active. Karl B. King, Lieutenant, Florida Highway Patrol, retired

The Drama 100

Author : Daniel S. Burt
Publisher : Checkmark Books
ISBN 13 : 9780816060733
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book The Drama 100 written by Daniel S. Burt and published by Checkmark Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents literary criticism of one hundred plays of world literature, providing plot summaries for each play, a profile of the author, and an assessment of the play's characters and major themes.

20 Master Plots and How to Build Them

Author : Ronald Tobias
Publisher : Writers Digest Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book 20 Master Plots and How to Build Them written by Ronald Tobias and published by Writers Digest Books. This book was released on 1993-09-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows the reader how to take timeless storytelling structures and make them immediate, now, for fiction that's universal in how it speaks to the reader's heart and contemporary in detail and impact.Each chapter includes brief excerpts and descriptions of fiction from many times, many genres - myth and fairy tale, genre and mainstream fiction, film plots of all types, short story and novel.Find 20 fundamental plots that recur through all fiction - with analysis and examples - that outline benefits and warnings, for writers to adapt and elaborate in their own fiction.Ronald B. Tobias has spent his career as a writer moving from genre to genre, first as a short story writer, then as an author of fiction and nonfiction books and finally as a writer and producer of documentaries for public television. He is currently a professor in the Department of Media and Theatre Arts at Montana State University and the author of the Insider's Guide to Writing for Screen and Television. He lives in Bozeman, Montana.