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Performing violence : literary and theatrical experiments of new Russian drama / by Birgit Beumers and Mark Lipovetsky.
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance Available from 2009 until 2009. Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beumers, Birgit.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russian drama--20th century--History and criticism.
- Russian drama.
- Russian drama--21st century--History and criticism.
- Violence in literature.
- Violence in motion pictures.
- Violence in the theater--Russia (Federation).
- Violence in the theater.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- New Russian Drama began its rise at the end of the twentieth century, following a decline in dramatic writing in Russia that stemmed back to the 1980's. Authors Beumers and Lipovetsky examine the representation of violence in these new dramatic works penned by young Russian playwrights. Performing Violence is the first English-language study of the consequent boom in drama and why this new breed of authors were writing fierce plays, whilst previous generations had preferred poetry and prose. Since 1999 numerous festivals of new Russian drama have taken place, which have brought international re
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Contours and Contexts of New Drama; Part I: The Context; Chapter 1: Violence in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture; Chapter 2: The Precursors of New Drama; Chapter 3: Theatre in the Ruins of Language; Part II: Text and Performance; Chapter 4: Communicating through Violence: Kurochkin, Koliada, Sigarev, Klavdiev; Chapter 5: Evgenii Grishkovets and Trauma; Chapter 6: Documentary Theatre; Chapter 7: Ivan Vyrypaev and the Abject; Chapter 8: The Presniakovs and Performing Violence
- Conclusion Bibliography; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-315).
- ISBN:
- 1-282-45566-4
- 9786612455667
- 1-84150-346-0
- OCLC:
- 549070266
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