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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
The roots of theatre
:
rethinking ritual and other theories of origin
Contains:
THEORIES OF ORIGINS -- Basic Definitions -- The Ritual Origin of Tragedy -- The Ritual Origin of Comedy -- The Shamanistic Source -- The Recreation of Theatre by Christianity -- The Mummers' Plays -- The Adoption of Theatre by Judaism -- Back to Aristotle -- HEDGES AND BOUNDARIES -- Performance Theory -- The "Drama" of Real Life -- The Spirit of Carnival -- Culture as Play/Game -- A THEORY OF ROOTS -- The "Language" of Dreams -- Playing as Thinking -- Mythical Representation -- Retracing the Steps of History -- Reflections and Conclusions
Place of reproduction:
Boulder, Colo: NetLibrary, 2004
Origination:
Footnote:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2004
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Description:
THEORIES OF ORIGINS -- Basic Definitions -- The Ritual Origin of Tragedy -- The Ritual Origin of Comedy -- The Shamanistic Source -- The Recreation of Theatre by Christianity -- The Mummers' Plays -- The Adoption of Theatre by Judaism -- Back to Aristotle -- HEDGES AND BOUNDARIES -- Performance Theory -- The "Drama" of Real Life -- The Spirit of Carnival -- Culture as Play/Game -- A THEORY OF ROOTS -- The "Language" of Dreams -- Playing as Thinking -- Mythical Representation -- Retracing the Steps of History -- Reflections and Conclusions