Carnival Texts
Subtitle: Three plays for ensemble performance
Publisher: Intellect
Published: 20110401
Place of publication: Bristol
ISBN-13: 9781841505008
Subjects: Theatre studies
Description: Carnival Texts comprises three related dramatic works, all of which have as their point of departure Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of carnival, a literary style designed to subvert dominant assumptions through chaos and humour. Making creative use of post-Brechtian performance theory, these texts blur the distinction between spectator and performer in a fascinating exploration of physical, moral, and cultural upheaval in a postmodern age. Performance theory is crucial to understanding how performance affects collective understanding, and this book will be of interest to a broad range of students of drama and theatre.
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