Dionysus Writes : : The Invention of Theatre in Ancient Greece / / Jennifer Wise.
What is the nature of theatre's uneasy alliance with literature? Should theatre be viewed as a preliterate, ritualistic phenomenon that can only be compromised by writing? Or should theatre be grouped with other literary arts as essentially'textual,'with even physical performance subs...
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Wise, Jennifer, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Dionysus Writes : The Invention of Theatre in Ancient Greece / Jennifer Wise. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019] ©2000 1 online resource (288 p.) : 6 drawings text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Theoretical Problem -- Chapter 1: The ABCs Of Acting -- Chapter 2: The Student Body -- Chapter 3: Courtroom Dramas -- Chapter 4: Economies Of Inscription -- Conclusion: Theatre And Technology -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star What is the nature of theatre's uneasy alliance with literature? Should theatre be viewed as a preliterate, ritualistic phenomenon that can only be compromised by writing? Or should theatre be grouped with other literary arts as essentially'textual,'with even physical performance subsumed under the aegis of textuality? Jennifer Wise, a theatre historian and drama theorist who is also an actor, director, and designer, responds with a challenging and convincing reconstruction of the historical context from which Western theatre first emerged.Wise believes that a comparison of the performance style of oral epic with that of drama as it emerged in sixth-century Greece shows the extent to which theatre was influenced by literate activities relatively new to the ancient world. These activities, foreign to Homer yet familiar to Aeschylus and his contemporaries, included the use of the alphabet, the teaching of texts in schools, the public inscription of laws, the sending and receiving of letters, the exchange of city coinage, and the making of lists. Having changed the way cultural material was processed and transmitted, the technology of writing also led to innovations in the way stories were told, and Wise contends that theatre was the result. However, the art of drama appeared in ancient Greece not only as a beneficiary of literacy but also in defiance of any tendency to see textuality as an end in itself. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Greek drama History and criticism Theory, etc. Invention (Rhetoric) History To 1500. Literacy Greece History To 1500. Literary form History To 1500. Theater Greece History To 500. Written communication Greece History To 1500. Ancient History & Classical Studies. Performing Arts & Drama. HISTORY / Ancient / Greece. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 print 9780801486937 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501744945 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501744945 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501744945/original |
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