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Performing Prose

Author : Chris Holcomb
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809385767
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Performing Prose written by Chris Holcomb and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Performing Prose, authors Chris Holcomb and M. Jimmie Killingsworth breathe new life into traditional concepts of style. Drawing on numerous examples from a wide range of authors and genres, Holcomb and Killingsworth demonstrate the use of style as a vehicle for performance, a way for writers to project themselves onto the page while managing their engagement with the reader. By addressing style and rhetoric not as an editorial afterthought, but as a means of social interaction, they equip students with the vocabulary and tools to analyze the styles of others in fresh ways, as well as create their own. Whereas most writing texts focus exclusively on analysis or techniques to improve writing, Holcomb and Killingsworth blend these two schools of thought to provide a singular process of thinking about writing. They discuss not only the benefits of conventional methods, but also the use of deviation from tradition; the strategies authors use to vary their style; and the use of such vehicles as images, tropes, and schemes. The goal of the authors is to provide writers with stylistic “footing”: an understanding of the ways writers use style to orchestrate their relationships with readers, subject matter, and rhetorical situations. Packed with useful tips and insights, this comprehensive volume investigates every aspect of style and its use to present an indispensable resource for both students and scholars. Performing Prose moves beyond customary studies to provide a refreshing and informative approach to the concepts and strategies of writing.

Annual Report of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Author : United States. Securities and Exchange Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1414 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Securities and Exchange Commission written by United States. Securities and Exchange Commission and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Performing the Ramayana Tradition

Author : Paula Richman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197552501
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Performing the Ramayana Tradition written by Paula Richman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Performing the Ramayana Tradition: Enactments, Interpretations, and Arguments, edited by Ramayana scholar Paula Richman and Rustom Bharucha, scholar of Theater and Performance Studies, examines diverse retellings of the Ramayana narrative as interpreted and embodied through a spectrum of performances. Unlike previous publications, this book is neither a monograph on a single performance tradition nor a general overview of Indian theatre. Instead, it provides context-specific analyses of selected case studies that explore contemporary enactments of performance traditions and the narratives from which they draw: Kutiyattam, Nangyarkuttu and Kathakali from Kerala; Kattaikkuttu and a "mythological" drama from Tamilnadu; Talamaddale from Karnataka; avant-garde performances from Puducherry and New Delhi; a modern dance-drama from West Bengal; the monastic tradition of Sattriya from Assam; anti-caste plays from North India; and the Ramnagar Ramlila. Apart from the editors' two introductions, which orient readers to the history of Ramayana narratives by Tulsidas, Valmiki, Kamban, Sankaradeva, and others, as well as the performance vocabulary of their enactments, the volume includes many voices, including those of directors, performers, scholars, connoisseurs, and the scholar-abbot of a monastery. It also contains two full scripts of plays, photographs of productions, interviews, conversations, and a glossary of Indian terms. Each essay in the volume, written by an expert in the field, is linked to several others, clustered around shared themes: the politics of caste and gender, the representation of the anti-hero, contemporary re-interpretations of traditional narratives, and the presence of Ramayana discourse in everyday life"--

Japanese Singers of Tales: Ten Centuries of Performed Narrative

Author : Dr Alison McQueen Tokita
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 075465379X
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (546 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Singers of Tales: Ten Centuries of Performed Narrative written by Dr Alison McQueen Tokita and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-03-28 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alison Tokita presents a series of case studies that demonstrate the persistence of Japanese sung narratives in a multiplicity of genres over ten centuries together with factors contributing to change in narrative performance. Narratives that were continually re-told and recycled in different versions and formats over a long period of time served to build people's sense of a common identity over space (the geographical extent of 'Japan') and time (the enduring power of many specific narratives). The elements of variation and change relate to the move away from oral narrative to text-based performance, and from a simple narrative situation with one performer to complex theatrical narratives with dancers, singers and other musicians. Tokita includes substantial musical analysis and exploration of theoretical issues, as well as documentation of important performance traditions, all of which are extant.

Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre

Author : Frances Babbage
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472527232
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre written by Frances Babbage and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are so many theatre productions adaptations of one kind or another? Why do contemporary practitioners turn so frequently to non-dramatic texts for inspiration? This study explores the fascination of novels, short stories, children's books and autobiographies for theatre makers and examines what 'becomes' of literary texts when these are filtered into contemporary practice that includes physical theatre, multimedia performance, puppetry, immersive and site-specific performance and live art. In Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre, Frances Babbage offers a series of fresh critical perspectives on the theory of adaptation in theatre-making, focusing on meditations of prose literature within contemporary performance. Individual chapters explore the significance and impact of books as physical objects within productions; the relationship between the dramatic adaptation and literary edition; storytelling on the page and in performance; literary space and theatrical space; and prose fiction reframed as 'found text' in contemporary theatre and live art. Case studies are drawn from internationally acclaimed companies including Complicite, Elevator Repair Service, Kneehigh, Forced Entertainment, Gob Squad, Teatro Kismet and Stan's Cafe. Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre is a compelling and provocative resource for anyone interested in the potential and the challenges of using prose literature as material for new theatrical performance.

As You Like It: Arden Performance Editions

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350106704
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book As You Like It: Arden Performance Editions written by William Shakespeare and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I wish I had copies like this at Drama School. Essential notes on the language for those who will get up and speak it, not purely for those who will sit and study it. An incredibly useful tool with room on every page to make notes. Next time I'm in rehearsal on a Shakespeare play, I have no doubt that a copy from this series will be in my hand.' ADRIAN LESTER, Actor, Director and Writer Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students. Each edition offers: -Facing-page notes -Short, clear definitions of words -Easily accessible information about key textual variants -Notes on pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words -An easy to read layout -Space to write notes -A short introduction to the play

King Lear: Arden Performance Editions

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350243639
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book King Lear: Arden Performance Editions written by William Shakespeare and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Lear has ruled for many years. As age overtakes him, he divides his kingdom amongst his children. Misjudging their loyalty, he soon finds himself stripped of all the trappings of state, wealth and power that had defined him. Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students. Designed to be used and to be useful, each edition has plenty of space for personal annotations and the well-spaced text is easy to read and to navigate. Each edition offers: - Short, clear definitions of words - Information about key textual variants - Notes on pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words - An easy to read layout with space to write your own notes - A short introduction to the play

Commerce of the Prairies

Author : Josiah Gregg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Commerce of the Prairies written by Josiah Gregg and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Routledge Handbook of Post Classical and Contemporary Persian Literature

Author : Kamran Talattof
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351341677
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Post Classical and Contemporary Persian Literature written by Kamran Talattof and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-05 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge Handbook of Post Classical and Contemporary Persian Literature contains scholarly essays and sample texts related to Persian literature from the 17th century to the present day. It includes analyses of free verse poetry, short stories, novels, prison writings, memoirs, and plays. The chapters apply a disciplinary or interdisciplinary approach to the many movements, genres, and works of the long and evolving body of Persian literature produced in the Persianate World. These collections of scholarly essays and samples of Persian literary texts provide facts (general information), instructions (ways to understand, analyze, and appreciate this body of works), and the field’s state-of-the-art research (the problematics of the topics) regarding one of the most important and oldest literary traditions in the world. Thus, the Handbook’s chapters and related texts provide scholars, students, and admirers of Persian poetry and prose with practical and direct access to the intricacies of the Persian literary world through a chronological account of key moments in the formation of this enduring literary tradition. The related Handbook (also edited by Kamran Talattof ), Routledge Handbook of Ancient, Classical, and Late Classical Persian Literature covers Persian literary works from the ancient or pre-Islamic era to roughly the end of the 16th century.

Relevance and Marginalisation in Scandinavian and European Performing Arts 1770–1860

Author : Randi Margrete Selvik
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000296571
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Relevance and Marginalisation in Scandinavian and European Performing Arts 1770–1860 written by Randi Margrete Selvik and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relevance and Marginalisation in Scandinavian and European Performing Arts 1770–1860: Questioning Canons reveals how various cultural processes have influenced what has been included, and what has been marginalised from canons of European music, dance, and theatre around the turn of the nineteenth century and the following decades. This collection of essays includes discussion of the piano repertory for young ladies in England; canonisation of the French minuet; marginalisation of the popular German dramatist Kotzebue from the dramatic canon; dance repertory and social life in Christiania (Oslo); informal cultural activities in Trondheim; repertory of Norwegian musical clocks; female itinerant performers in the Nordic sphere; preconditions, dissemination, and popularity of equestrian drama; marginalisation and amateur staging of a Singspiel by the renowned Danish playwright Oehlenschläger, also with perspectives on the music and its composers; and the perceived relevance of Henrik Ibsen’s staged theatre repertory and early dramas. By questioning established notions about canon, marginalisation, and relevance within the performing arts in the period 1770–1860, this book asserts itself as an intriguing text both to the culturally interested public and to scholars and students of musicology, dance research, and theatre studies.

Seneca in Performance

Author : George W.M. Harrison
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
ISBN 13 : 1914535189
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Seneca in Performance written by George W.M. Harrison and published by Classical Press of Wales. This book was released on 2000-12-31 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plays of Seneca the Younger, minister and philosopher under Nero, are today increasingly studied, appreciated and performed. Here, in twelve new papers from a distinguished international cast, scholars explore established questions, such as whether the plays were written for the stage, and newer topics such as the playwright's subtleties of characterisation, his relation to contemporary Roman spectacle and art - and the problems arising in translating him to modern text or stage.

Twelfth Night: Language and Writing

Author : Frances E. Dolan
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472518314
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Twelfth Night: Language and Writing written by Frances E. Dolan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances E. Dolan examines the puzzling pronouns and puns, the love poetry, mischief, and disguises of Twelfth Night, exploring its themes of grief, obsessive love, social climbing and gender identity, and helping you towards your own close-readings.

Art, Migration and the Production of Radical Democratic Citizenship

Author : Agnes Czajka
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1786612801
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Art, Migration and the Production of Radical Democratic Citizenship written by Agnes Czajka and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-04-06 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Europe – ridden by social, political and economic crises, overlaid onto colonial and imperial trajectories, and shaken by the shockwaves generated by Brexit and wide scale human displacement – has become a space in which citizenship and belonging are contested, disrupted, performed and produced anew. Art, Migration, and the Production of Radical Democratic Citizenshipexplores the contribution of migrant and refugee artists to the performance and production of radical democratic citizenship in Europe. It foregrounds the insights of artists and cultural actors with diverse experiences of migration and displacement to fractious public debates about citizenship and belonging. It explores how migrant and refugee artists have audaciously inserted themselves into, and are pushing the boundaries of these debates, challenging and unhinging dominant interpretations of the parameters of European citizenship and belonging. Part I of this edited volume is comprised of a series of short provocations by artists spanning and intermixing a range of art forms and methodologies including live art, visual art and public installation, community and site-specific durational work, or the combination of writing, auto-ethnography and media activism. The second Part comprises longer, more sustained engagements by visual and live art practitioners, dramaturges, curators and academics. These chapters focus on performative, participatory, auto-biographical and auto-ethnographic artistic processes and practices. Art, Migration, and the Production of Radical Democratic Citizenship highlights the critical interventions by artists who have experienced firsthand the everyday realities of displacement, focusing on how their diverse practices offer incisive challenges to existing regimes of citizenship and democracy.

Enforcing Normalcy

Author : Lennard J. Davis
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1784780014
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Enforcing Normalcy written by Lennard J. Davis and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this highly original study of the cultural assumptions governing our conception of people with disabilities, Lennard J. Davis argues forcefully against "ableist" discourse and for a complete recasting of the category of disability itself. Enforcing Normalcy surveys the emergence of a cluster of concepts around the term "normal" as these matured in western Europe and the United States over the past 250 years. Linking such notions to the concurrent emergence of discourses about the nation, Davis shows how the modern nation-state constructed its identity on the backs not only of colonized subjects, but of its physically disabled minority. In a fascinating chapter on contemporary cultural theory, Davis explores the pitfalls of privileging the figure of sight in conceptualizing the nature of textuality. And in a treatment of nudes and fragmented bodies in Western art, he shows how the ideal of physical wholeness is both demanded and denied in the classical aesthetics of representation. Enforcing Normalcy redraws the boundaries of political and cultural discourse. By insisting that disability be added to the familiar triad of race, class and gender, the book challenges progressives to expand the limits of their thinking about human oppression.

Performance and the Politics of Space

Author : Erika Fischer-Lichte
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415509688
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Performance and the Politics of Space written by Erika Fischer-Lichte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection asks what's at stake when a theatrical space is created and when a performance takes place: under what circumstances the topology of theatre becomes political. It visits a politics of inclusion and exclusion, of distributions and placements, and of spatial appropriation and utopian concepts in theatre history and contemporary performance.

Prose Bowl

Author : Bill Pronzini
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
ISBN 13 : 1612321267
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Prose Bowl written by Bill Pronzini and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we follow Rex Sackett ("The Metaphor Kid") on his way to the top in that great spectator sport of the future, hack-writing, we realize that this a fast-moving, ribald parody of the writing profession. From the moment the Head Editor waves his red flag to the second the typewriting stops and a victor is chosen, every reader will be cheering at the sidelines of Prose Bowl.

Oral Interpretation

Author : Charlotte I. Lee
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 9780395794852
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Oral Interpretation written by Charlotte I. Lee and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1997 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: