The Aesthetics of Lev Vygotsky : A Sociocultural Approach to Theater.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Medvedeva, or Prof. Stella, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

At the crossroads of theater, art, and psychology, Lev Vygotsky's compelling theory of aesthetics helped shape the intellectual currents of Russian Modernism.

Contents:

Acknowledgments Notes on Translation, Transliteration, and Style About the Author Introduction Chapter 1 - Vygotsky's Early Work on Aesthetics: A Decade of Engagement with Artistic Critique Chapter 2 - The Psychology of Art: Vygotsky's Endeavour to Systemize his Artistic Theory Chapter 3 - Why Vygotsky's Aesthetic Theory Remains Overlooked: The Impact of Early Scientific Perspectives Chapter 4 - Beyond Objectivism: Unpacking Vygotsky's Humanistic and Aesthetic Influences Chapter 5 - Integrating Vygotsky's Early and Later Works: A Revised Definition of his Aesthetic Theory Chapter 6 - The Social Role of Russian Modernist Theater in the Pre-Revolutionary Era Chapter 7 - Russian Modernist Theatre as a Window to the Soul Chapter 8 - Russian Modernist Theater as a Laboratory for the Revolution Chapter 9 - Understanding Form as an Agent of Aesthetic and Social Transformation Chapter 10 - The Dialectics of Emotional Transformation in Theater Chapter 11 - Social Change and Existential Crisis: The Literary Reception of Hamlet and the Inherited Vision of Its Protagonist in Modernist Russia. Chapter 12 - Hamlet on the Russian Modernist Stage: Situating Vygotsky within the Russian Modernist Receptions of Hamlet Chapter 13 - Hamlet in Analysis: Vygotsky's Place among Psychoanalytic Readings Chapter 14 - Vygotsky's Analysis of Hamlet as a Case Study for his Aesthetic Theory Chapter 15 - Vygotsky's Aesthetics Today: Future Perspectives Concluding Remarks Bibliography Index

ISBN:

979-88-8189-396-5

979-82-16-26246-6

OCLC:

1546966312