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1、DRAMA/THEATRE/PERFORMANCEWhatisimpliedwhenwerefertothestudyofperformingartsas‘drama’,‘theatre’or‘performance’?Eachtermidentifiesadifferenttraditionofthoughtandoffersdifferentpossibilitiestothestudentorpractitioner.Thisbookexaminesthehistoryanduseofthetermsandinvestigat
2、esthedifferentphilosophies,politics,languagesandinstitutionswithwhichtheyareassociated.SimonShepherdandMickWallis:•analyseattitudestodrama,theatreandperformanceatdifferenthistoricaljunctures•tracearangeofpoliticalinterventionsintothefield(s)•exploreandcontextualisethei
3、nstitutionalisationofdramaandtheatreasuniversitysubjects,thentheemergenceof‘performance’aspractice,theoryandacademicdiscipline•guidereadersthroughmajorapproachestodrama,theatreandperformance,fromtheatrehistoryandsociology,throughtheoriesofritualandplay,totheideaofperfo
4、rmanceasparadigmforapost-modernage•discusscrucialtermssuchasaction,alienation,catharsis,character,empathy,interculturalism,mimesis,presenceandrepresentationinasubstantial‘keywords’section.Continuallylinkingtheiranalysistowiderculturalconcerns,theauthorshereofferthemost
5、wide-rangingandauthoritativeguideavailabletoavibrant,fast-movingfieldandvigorousdebatesaboutitsnature,purposeandplaceintheacademy.SimonShepherdisDirectorofProgrammesatCentralSchoolofSpeechandDramainLondon.MickWallisisProfessorofPerformanceandCultureattheUniversityofLee
6、ds.THENEWCRITICALIDIOMSeriesEditor:JohnDrakakis,UniversityofStirlingTheNewCriticalIdiomisaninvaluableseriesofintroductoryguidestotoday’scriticalterminology.Eachbook:.providesahandy,explanatoryguidetotheuse(andabuse)oftheterm.offersanoriginalanddistinctiveoverviewbyalea
7、dingliteraryandculturalcritic.relatesthetermtothelargerfieldofculturalrepresentation.Withastrongemphasisonclarity,livelydebateandthewidestpossiblebreadthofexamples,TheNewCriticalIdiomisanindispensableapproachtokeytopicsinliterarystudies.Alsoavailableinthisseries:Autobi
8、ographybyLindaAndersonLiteraturebyPeterWiddowsonClassbyGaryDayMagic(al)RealismbyMaggieAnnBowersColonialism/Postcoloni