Classical Greek Ritual Theater

Author : Jan F. Brouwer
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105878678
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classical Greek Ritual Theater written by Jan F. Brouwer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study a cross-over is made between two fields of inquiry. A theoretical model from anthropology, Communitas, will be applied to the phenomenon of classical Greek theater. The purpose of this cross-over is to gain a better understanding of the functionality of theater in 5th century Athens. It is primarily the intention of this new reading of ancient comedy and tragedy to offer a contribution to a more correct interpretation of ancient literary texts. Thus this book will show itself useful in the field of traditional philology. Secondly the study wants to show itself useful in the field of anthropology, by giving examples from Antiquity underlining and clarifying the theories of Van Gennep and Turner. From an anthropological point of view it is interesting to see that Turner's findings not only clarify the functionality of non-theatrical rituals, but also the workings of theatrical rituals.

Author : Eric Csapo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521836824
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond written by Eric Csapo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Author : Claire Schrader
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1849051380
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ritual Theatre written by Claire Schrader and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the relevance of ritual theatre in contemporary life and describes how it is being used as a highly cathartic therapeutic process. With contributions from leading experts in the field of dramatherapy, the book brings together a broad spectrum of approaches to ritual theatre as a healing system.

Author : Inge Nielsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultic Theatres and Ritual Drama written by Inge Nielsen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This well-illustrated book thoroughly investigates the relations between East and West in the Ancient world as seen through the lens of ancient religious practices. The author has concentrated on one aspect of the cult, the ritual drama, and its setting, the cultic theatre.The point of departure is the presence of a great amount of theatrical structures in the sanctuaries in Greece and Italy. Many of these structures were not proper theatres in the modern sense of the word, but rather primitive rows of seats, 'a place to watch from', which is in fact the original meaning of the word 'theatre'. These structures have never before been examined from a functional viewpoint, and the author proposes that their primary raison d'etre was the performance of ritual dramas at the great seasonal feasts. These non-literary dramas re-enacted the story or myth of the divinity, which in symbolic form treated the crises connected with precarious transitions during the agricultural year and human life in general.For various reasons, which she describes, the author points to the relative obscurity of this religious institution in the Greek and Roman world, and notes that as a result, it has received scant attention from scholars. In contrast, it is well known that ritual dramas had been performed in the distant past at the great seasonal feasts of the Orient, and the book includes an excellent overview of the development of this institution as well as the setting chosen for it in the Egyptian, Syrio-Phoenician and Anatolian cults, both in their homelands and in their new host countries in the West.This is a fascinating book for archaeologists and classicists, as well as for anthropologists andhistorians of religion, but it also gives food for thought for those who simply want to l

Author : David Wiles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521648578
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greek Theatre Performance written by David Wiles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specially written for students and enthusiasts, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre and cultural life.

Author : Erika Fischer-Lichte
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134474296
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theatre, Sacrifice, Ritual: Exploring Forms of Political Theatre written by Erika Fischer-Lichte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An acclaimed theatre historian here presents a radical re-definition of ritual theatre in a study of 20th century performative culture. Offering both perfomative and semiotic analyses of performances, this is a revolutionary approach to the study.

Author : Joel Eis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780773435278
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Function of the Ekkyklema in Greek Theatre written by Joel Eis and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how the ekkyklema worked semiotically, dramaturgically and politically within Greek tragedy. In this cultural study, the author explores the proposition that the success of Greek tragedy was connected to the pre-mediated use of religious tropes in the drama, thus triggering profoundly ancient and effective traditional loyalties.

Author : John Richard Green
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415143592
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theatre in Ancient Greek Society written by John Richard Green and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the thousand years of its performance history, drawing evidence from a wide range of archaeological material.

Author : Adriana E. Brook
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299313808
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tragic Rites written by Adriana E. Brook and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2018 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the literary and dramatic function of ritual within the world of Sophocles' plays, for scholars of Greek tragedy, ancient theater, and poetics.

Author : Kathryn Bosher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139510339
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theater outside Athens written by Kathryn Bosher and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together archeologists, art historians, philologists, literary scholars, political scientists, and historians to articulate the ways in which western Greek theater was distinct from that of the Greek mainland and, at the same time, to investigate how the two traditions interacted. The chapters intersect and build on each other in their pursuit of a number of shared questions and themes: the place of theater in the cultural life of Sicilian and South Italian 'colonial cities;' theater as a method of cultural self-identification; shared mythological themes in performance texts and theatrical vase-painting; and the reflection and analysis of Sicilian and South Italian theater in the work of Athenian philosophers and playwrights. Together, the essays explore central problems in the study of western Greek theater. By gathering a number of different perspectives and methods, this volume offers the first wide-ranging examination of this hitherto neglected history.