Transcultural Aesthetics in the Plays of Gao Xingjian [electronic resource] /
Coulter, T.author.
Gao Xingjian has been lauded for his inventive use of Chinese culture in his paintings, plays, and cinema, however he denies that his current work participates in any notion of Chinese. This book traces the development of these forms and how the relate and interact in the French language plays of the Nobel Laureate.
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Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: InternationalRecognition andNational Confusion; 1 Reactive Theater: StateTheater and New Voicesin China and France; 2 Physical Division: Jingju inPerformance and Theory; 3The Actor in Thirds: Gao'sTheory of Performance; 4 An Individual in theVoid: Au bord de la vie; 5 An Individual inCompany: Quatre quatuorspour un week-end; 6 An Individual in Night:Ballade Nocturne and Gao'sPhilosophical Woman; Conclusion: TheObligation of Creation; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gao Xingjian has been lauded for his inventive use of Chinese culture in his paintings, plays, and cinema, however he denies that his current work participates in any notion of Chinese. This book traces the development of these forms and how the relate and interact in the French language plays of the Nobel Laureate.
Gao, Xingjian
Performing arts.
Theater—History.
Theater.
Arts.
European literature.
Aesthetics.
Performing Arts.
Theatre History.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Arts.
European Literature.
Aesthetics.