Theatre and Modernity From the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic Candan, Ayşın

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Candan, Ayşın., Author.

Series:

Ottomania 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turkish theater.

Modernity.

Ottomania.

performig arts.

Local Subjects:

Turkish theater.

Modernity.

Ottomania.

performig arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wien Hollitzer Verlag 2024

Biography/History:

Ayşın Candan (b. Istanbul), studied Theaterwissenschaft at University of Vienna between 1968–1978. She worked as dramaturg at Municipal Theatre, Istanbul; Associate Professor at Mimar Sinan University 1981–1997; Professor, Yeditepe University 1997–2013. Presently at Topkapi University Theatre Department

Summary:

This study aims to disclose the inner dynamics of the rich and diverse milieu within the Ottoman-Turkish society that created its unique hybrid forms through the scenic arts against an understanding of modernity in terms of a simple import or imitation of Western cultural forms. In the 19th century Armenians pioneered this process with melodramas, necessitating the presence of female performers on the stage; Armenian women thus went onstage with patriotic motives. Among the two leading figures of the Turkish Republic period are Nazim Hikmet, the most prolific but severely censured Turkish dramatist and Muhsin Ertugrul, who founded the subsidised theatres of Ankara and Istanbul. A later phase of modernisation arrives in the sixties with a social awakening towards the conditions of the rural society: Ankara becomes the seat of "popular" theatre after the founding of Ankara Art Theatre, in 1961. Mehmet Ulusoy's work in France in the 1970–1980s crowns the final synthesis.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION MODERNITY THE OTTOMANS AND THE HISTORY OF TURKS THEATRE DURING THE OTTOMAN ERA The Fruits of Tanzimat: Period of Reform The Young Ottomans Ottoman Society During the Constitutional Monarchy ARMENIAN WOMEN'S MOVEMENT FROM TANZIMAT TO CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY MELODRAMA THE HISTORICAL EMERGENCE OF MELODRAMA The Evolution of Melodrama Pixérécourt: from Decadence to Revolutionary Morality Structural Traits of Melodrama Evolution of the Plot and Characters An Example: The Two Orphans ALLEGORY MELODRAMAS AND MODERNITY Tanzimat and the Melodramas THE ARMENIAN MILLET Armenian Modernisation Early Theatrical Performances by Armenians FURTHER WESTERN INFLUENCES European Troupes The Pashas and The Schools THE FIRST THEATRE COMPANIES AND THE PROGRESSIVE STAGING OF MELODRAMAS THEATRE AUDIENCE AND ETIQUETTE Golden Age of Melodrama MELODRAMATIC ACTING REPERTOIRE Victor Hugo on the Ottoman Stage Early Ottoman Drama Inspired by French Theatre Namik Kemal Semseddin Sami Ahmet Mithat Efendi An Example: Vatan yahut Silistre (Motherland or Silistria) Women Onstage Mari Nivart Azniv Hrachia Siranoush As Melodramas take leave of the stage REVOLUTION AND THE AVANT-GARDE EXPRESSIONISM German Expressionism The Expressionist Stage and the First Plays An Example: Bir Adam Yaratmak (Creating a Man) A Young Turkish Actor in Berlin Expressionist Drama Expressionist Acting The Phases of Expressionism Directing and Design After the Expressionist Movement Tracing the Inf luence of Expressionism in Turkey: Muhsin Ertugrul The Adventure of Muhsin Ertugrul Determining the Fate of Turkish Theatre And the Cinema THE MEETING OF TWO REMARKABLE CREATORS An Example: Kafatasi (The Skull) Nazim Hikmet and Theatre A Seminal Force: Meyerhold Meyerhold and Nazim Hikmet Nazim Hikmet's Plays on Stage Experimentation Mehmet Ulusoy and Nazim Hikmet

ISBN:

9783990941386

3990941380

Publisher Number:

9783990941386