New playwriting strategies : language and media in the 21st century / Paul C. Castagno.
Material type:
TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 258 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415491471 (hardback : alk. paper); 9780415491488 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780203803011 (ebook)Subject(s): PlaywritingDDC classification: 808.2 LOC classification: PN1661 | .C364 2011| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book
|
Central Library (CL) | Central Library (CL) | NFIC | General Stacks | 808.2 CAS 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | CIPS0001397 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-245) and index.
Introduction: beyond the tipping point -- Strategies of language and character. On multivocality and speech genres -- Polyvocality and the ascendancy of the hybrid play -- The theatricality of character -- The transformation of character -- Len Jenkin's dramaturgy of character: from stage figures to archetypes -- Mac Wellman: language-based character -- Crossover poetics: Sarah Ruhl and Suzan Lori-Parks -- Strategies of structure and form. Units and building blocks -- Scenes, acts, and revisions -- Foundations of contemporary monologue -- Dialogic monologue: from structure to antistructure.
There are no comments on this title.