Highlights in Anglo-American drama : viewpoints from Southeast Europe / edited by Radmila Nastić and Vesna Bratić.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nastić, Radmila, editor.

Bratić, Vesna, editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American drama--20th century--History and criticism.

American drama.

American drama--21st century--History and criticism.

English drama--20th century--History and criticism.

English drama.

English drama--21st century--History and criticism.

Dramatists, English.

Dramatists, American.

Physical Description:

vi, 201 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

This volume represents perspectives on a number of aspects of modern Anglo-American drama and dramatists written by scholars from ex-Yugoslav republics, resulting from long years of common interest and cooperation in the field between the corresponding English Departments in the region. The volume was inspired by the Word across Cultures conference, organised by the Institute of Foreign Languages of the University of Montenegro in Podgorica, Montenegro, in July 2014. The researchers who participated in the conference's literature section were testament to the growing interest in drama among regional literature scholars. The book will appeal to both an academic and non-academic readership. The former will, certainly, benefit from this book since English and, especially, American drama is not appropriately represented by the number of published books it deserves world-wide. The volume provides a South-East European perspective on Anglo-American drama, and represents a valuable addition to existing drama scholarship, since all the contributors are from the ex-Yugoslav republics and write from a standpoint of multiple othernesses. It will also be of interest to theatre and film scholars, as well as theatre and film enthusiasts, because of the variety of approaches adopted in the papers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Yeats's Plays and Traditional Theatre / Igor Grbic Grbic, Igor 4

Chapter 2 Strategies of Social Criticism in the Plays of Harold Pinter and David Hare / Igor Petrovic Petrovic, Igor 4

Chapter 3 Affirmative Action Plays of David Mamet: Empowering the Other, Retroactive Revenge and Eth(n)ical Equalization / Vesna Bratic Bratic, Vesna 45

Chapter 4 The Tales Sam Shepard Tells About America: Mexico / Radmila Nastic Nastic, Radmila 62

Chapter 5 Wings of Desire: Pleas for Humanity in Mark Ravenhill's Faust is Dead and Sarah Kane's Cleansed / Tijana Matovic Matovic, Tijana 76

Chapter 6 The Sinister Faces of Ireland in Martin McDonagh's Leenane Trilogy / Biljana Vlaskovic Ilic Ilic, Biljana Vlaskovic 100

Chapter 7 Representations of Marriage and Relationships in Contemporary Anglo-American Drama / Sonja Novak Novak, Sonja 117

Chapter 8 Is There Such a Thing as a Postmodern/ist (Anglo-American) Drama? A Bosnian and Herzegovinian Academic Discoursec / Ifeta Ciric-Fazlija Ciric-Fazlija, Ifeta 138

Chapter 9 The Slovene Birthday Party on Film / Tomaz Onic Onic, Tomaz 166

Chapter 10 Harold Pinter in Croatia; A Critical Reception Oscillating between the Labels of 'Absurdist' and 'Pinteresque' / Mirna Sindic Sabljo Sabljo, Mirna Sindic 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1443886823

9781443886826

OCLC:

940476821

Publisher Number:

99966743651