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Aubin, Maxime. "Créer et se créer : La figure de l'homosexuel créateur dans la dramaturgie québécoise depuis 1980." Thesis, Université Laval, 2009. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2009/26193/26193.pdf.
Full textJacques, Hélène. "UN THÉÂTRE DE L'ÉCOUTE Statut du texte et modalités de jeu dans les mises en scène de Denis Marleau." Thesis, Université Laval, 2010. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2010/27340/27340.pdf.
Full textFaguy, Robert. "De l'utilisation de la vidéo au théâtre : une approche médiologique. Plus de 35 ans d'expériences vidéoscéniques québécoises." Thesis, Université Laval, 2008. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2008/25395/25395.pdf.
Full textMontminy, Claude. "LE ROI DE LA GLACE (théâtre) suivi de Le théâtre jeune public et l'adaptation dramatique de personnages historiques (Essai)." Thesis, Université Laval, 2010. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2010/27884/27884.pdf.
Full textDubois, Sonia. "Mises en scène de la mère absente et du père absent : analyse systémique des Muses orphelines et du Chemin des passes-dangereuses de Michel Marc Bouchard /cSonia Dubois." Thesis, Université Laval, 2006. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2006/23675/23675.pdf.
Full textArriola, Sylvio. "L'action créatrice de l'acteur dans la pièce C.H.S. : étude sur l'effet de présence actoral dans un dispositif intermédial." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/22765.
Full textL'ACTION CRÉATRICE DE L'ACTEUR DANS LA PIÈCE C.H.S.¹ Étude sur l'effet de présence actoral dans un dispositif intermedial Par un aller et retour entre la théorie et la pratique, l'objectif de notre recherche-création est d'expliciter le répertoire de techniques qui a permis de varier les registres de présence de l'acteur dans le dispositif intermedial² de C.H.S. Dans un premier temps, nous nous sommes demandé si les recherches en biomécanique de Meyerhold, consistant en des variations des mises en rapport de l'acteur, pouvaient s'avérer adéquates pour construire une présence actorale dans l'immobilité. Ensuite, nous avons enrichi notre répertoire de placements scéniques, avec les travaux de Stanislavski et Grotowski. Afin d'étudier les qualités relationnelles de l'acteur, nous avons abordé une définition de la présence à soi, proposée par la Psychologie Corporelle Intégrée et le modèle constructiviste de Masciotra (2004). Puis, des réflexions sur les pratiques théâtrales actuelles nous ont permis de mettre de l'avant la notion « d'être-entre ». Par le biais de laboratoires artistiques, nous avons réfléchi et mis en pratique ces fondements théoriques pour préciser les procédures techniques permettant de varier la présence de l'acteur qui interprète le scientifique³. Le but de notre réflexion a été de rendre compte des diverses mises en relation qui permettent à l'acteur de C.H.S. de moduler adéquatement ses degrés de présence entre performativité et théâtralité. 1 Voir Annexe A 2 Voir Annexe B 3 À partir de maintenant, chaque fois que nous ferons mention du scientifique, il s'agira du personnage que nous avons interprété dans la pièce C.H.S. Ce travail actoral sert d'étude de cas, tout au long de cette réflexion théorique.
Ko, Jong-Hwan. "Étude comparative entre le théâtre français de la résistance sous l'occupation allemande et le théâtre coréen sous l'occupation japonaise." Paris 12, 2005. https://athena.u-pec.fr/primo-explore/search?query=any,exact,990003940700204611&vid=upec.
Full textWe have tried to establish an analysis of subject : comparison between French literature of the resistance under German occupation and Korean literature of the resistance under Japanese occupation. The first part attemps to analyse historical context because history and the pain that resulted are indispensable in order to fully grasp the literature. The second part studies the position of French also in the second chapter, the area of invasion can be compeered to the annexation Of Korea to Japan. We've chosen three French and three Korean pieces of theatre. The comparison between the two literary spheres operates in the following manner : comparing French and Korean theatre on particulas points and themes
Fegly, Jean-Marie. "Théâtre chinois : survivance, développement et activité du Kunju au XXe siècle." Paris 7, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA070142.
Full textStudy on the evolution and problems of kunju style in the twentieth century, with a large view on the activities of several theatre troops (kunju is the oldest style of chinese theater). After a long introduction in which kunju history is related from Ming to the late Qing periods, with an explanation of musical characteristics and acting, the author studies "the problems and activities of kunju in the twentieth century". 1. Evolution of kunju before 1950 (activities before 1921, the foundation of the institute for the research on kunju and the life of theatrical troops until 1950)
Mavromoustakos, Platon Zach. "Espace dramatique - espace scénique dans le théâtre néo-hellenique contemporain." Paris 3, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA030141.
Full textThis research is intended to reveal the elements persisting in the evolution of the modern greek theater through the image of the dramatic and scenic space, since world war ii. A preliminary research based upon statistics of textual elements permitted to spot several tendencies in the image of the space in the modern grek plays in which the most important isnnamed as the "theatre of every day life". A more profound study was to be accomplished on plays and performances considered as being the most caracteristic for each tendency. Were analysed : the courtyard of miracles by i. Kambanellis, the ring - the backgammon by d. Kechaidis, mana mitera mama by y. Dialegmenos, the family by y. Armenis, the ghost of m. Ramon novaro by p. Matessis, the negotiations for antigone's marriage by v. Ziogas, the ali redzo story by p. Markaris. Conclusions from this aproach state the intercourses between modern greek playwriting and scenic practice, especially with karolos koun and his art theatre, intercourses dealing with the traditional greek naturalistic playwriting of the between the two wars period and the influences received by foreign dramatists and finally intercourses refering to the social reality which followed world warii. Annexed to this work are a detailed list of the greek playwriting production and its performances from 1942 to 1982 and a detailed account of the statistics used for the preliminary phase of the whole work
Claude, Jean. "André Gide et le théâtre." Nancy 2, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990NAN21024.
Full textAn exhaustive survey of Gide’s activities related to the theatre shows how, within his literary career, a genuine dramatic career emerged and what attraction drama always exerted on him. Gide had an exacting conception of dramatic production, centered on the notion of 'characters', which to his mind were the only means of propounding new forms of heroism. While he attached great importance to the literary qualities of the dramatic text, he expressed much reluctance to submit to the constraints of the theatrical performance and found it difficult to comply with them in practice. His ideas throw light on his dramatic production, though there is no direct correlation between the two. These works, however diverse in form, are characterized by one original dramatic formula: a central figure embodying some of Gide’s own ideas in a forceful way, secondary characters to by understand only in relation to the central figure, an interiorized action, a disregard for adventures to the benefit of the inner necessity which guides heroes. In his dramatic works, as in his narratives, Gide experiments with potentials, lives experiences by proxy. The same moral, religious and political concerns are to be found in them. But the objectivities inherent in the dramatic form, and the embodiment of these values in heroes from the antiquity or biblicaltimes, tend to sever these concerns from the author, even though Gide cannot refrain from manifesting his presence through irony
Veillas, Karine. "Théâtre francophone contemporain pour la jeunesse : jeux et enjeux (personnages, écriture et réception)." Paris 12, 2007. https://athena.u-pec.fr/primo-explore/search?query=any,exact,990003939040204611&vid=upec.
Full textThe current craze for French-speaking theatre for young people leads to considering forty plays through the notion of « jeu* », complex and polysemic term which has interestingly both a creative and destructive influence on this genre. The playing and acting of the characters sometimes clarify the tensions within the plays and facilitate the reception. But the understanding of the plays is challenged by very subtle forms of playing, ranging from dreaming to non-game. So the young audience needs to be involved to really understand the plays. Identification and catharsis are not enough. The games of re-writing also contribute to challenge the reception for a youngest audience because they are based on subversion and multiple layers of significations. But scenography and acting are ways to still release the pleasure of the show. Games about genres enable the young audience to keep contact with the plays because of the contributions of narrative literature, visual arts and poetry. Even if these influences endanger the acting of the plays, the renewal of the dramatic genre is also the way to find a new young audience. (*The word is in French game, playing or acting)
Lemoine, Xavier. "Naissance et développement du théâtre queer aux États-Unis." Paris 10, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001PA100112.
Full textAlthough the notion of Queer Theater only began to develop in the early 1990s its stretch back to the beginning of the 20th century. Indeed, the portrayal of homosexuality on the stage has been shaped by moral and legal censorship revealing the tensions articulating theater as a whole. Queer theory, based on theoretical intertextuality, enables us to examine the way in which sex, gender, race and class are formed and how they are interrelated. Within this framework, queer criticism interrogates the politics of representation and attempts to grasp the forces that determine the boundaries separating the visible from the invisible. A general survey of drama reveals the variations that define both a history of Queer Theater and its construction as a category. "Homosexual theater," firstly characterized by the trope of the closet, was subsequently developed by a gay and lesbian theater informed by the trope of the coming out. Although this distinction is in itself an epistemological effect, it provides basic markers and explains the emergence of Queer Theater. Rejecting moot issues spawned by identity politics, Queer Theater sets out to utilize strategies against normative impulses perpetuated by a monolithic conception of the subject. Thus, Queer Theater offers a crosspollination that runs counter to the predominance of binary oppositions on stage. It then delves into the reception and production modes and attempts to open up the closure of interpretations and meanings of the text in order to go beyond heteronormativity. The AIDS crisis accelerated this process by questioning the status of the body furthered as well by the practice of camp, pornography and S/M. These aspects of queer performance, made more complex due to their performative effects, illustrate the queer momentum. Queer Theater therefore is a determining force on the stage, both pointing to its limitations and signaling new paths to keep it alive and on the cutting edge
Dan-Inna, Chaïbou. "Théâtre, histoire et politique en Afrique francophone de 1960 à nos jours." Bordeaux 3, 1985. http://www.theses.fr/1985BOR30025.
Full textChabin, Valérie. "Structures et structure dans le théâtre anglais contemporain : d'une esthétique de la rupture à une expérience narcissique : esquisse d'́une étude de la modernité et de la postmodernité théâtrales." Paris 3, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995PA030149.
Full textA distinction needs to be made between this study of contemporary dramatic structures and a structuralist exercice. The way in which british drama from the fifies to the seventies integrates historical and ideological transformations justifies and legitimates this attempt at defining modernity and postmodernity. Modernity is to be understood as an aesthetics of rupture which puts meaning and dogmatic certainties on trial, disrupts space and time structures and alters viewpoints or perspectives. Postmodernity can thus be considered as a reaction against what has paradoxically become a tradition of rupture, that is to say as a rehabilitation or a reactivation of conventions and literary models which is nevertheless linked with subversion. Postmodernity is finally a narcissistic experiment which turns theatrical components into the subject matter of the very speeches of a play
Barth, Isabelle. "L'image du Canada à travers son théâtre." Bordeaux 3, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998BOR30013.
Full textThe dissertation is a study - in 4 chapters- of the contemporary canadian theatre in english after 1967 presenting the canadian history and society of today as depicted by english-speaking playwrights. The introduction invites us to discover the cultural policy of canada. Regionalism, the canadian mosaic can be found in theatre. What is it to be a canadian ? 1967 was a key-year for the english-speaking canadians who realized they had their own identity which they could develop. There was a huge theatrical explosion, whose leitmotiv was to be and produce canadian. Many theatres, plays, reviews were founded. Everything went very quickly. "theatre et auteurs" invites us to discover the anglophone canadian playwrights even in quebec. Who are they ? the canadian playwright is influenced by his / her geographical environment, as well as by the history of his/her province. The chapter also deals with some theatrical companies and one technique, i. E. The collective creation. "theatre et histoire" gives us a chance to discover some events and some heroes of the canadian history through the representation that the playwrights are offering. "teatre et societe" is dealing with the contemporary canadian society. The typical canadian family, the social and racial relationships are studied. The problems of the today canadian society (prison, violence, alcoholism, integration) are also analysed in some plays. "theatre et minorites" deals with the "visible-invisible" minorities, i. E. The blacks, the asians, the inuits and the indians. Can they express themselves ? the chapter also deals with the question of appropriation. The conclusion introduces us to some important playwrights who are writing plays whose subjects did not fit into the dissertation
Kaczmarek, Tomasz. "Henri-René Lenormand et l'expressionnisme dramatique." Paris 4, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999PA040099.
Full textThe aim of this thesis is to make a thorough study of the dramatic work by H. R. Lenormand in the outlook of the expressionist aesthetics. .
Boughaba, Ilham. "Le délire et la folie dans le théâtre d'Eugène Ionesco." Grenoble 3, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994GRE39015.
Full textMadness reflects a kind of discontinuous writting. It is characterized by the use of certain rethorical devices which express specific states of mind. Eugene ionesco adapts this procedure to his theater because by definition both theater and madness belong to the realm of illusion and unbalance. Eugene ionesco doest not treat madness on his theater as a mental illness, but rather as an esthetic game in which one plays with words, objects and images. The author enjoys destituting words from their throne to replace them by scenic language (objects, lighting, sounds, movements). In order to corroborate our hypothesis, we have analysed some representative settings of "la cantatrice chauve" and "la lecon" to reach a visualization of the different aspects of this madness, anguish, euphoria and crave are frozen into images. Eugene ionesco's theater of madness, but this madness is not affected at all by the defeat of the other self
Ortiz, Bulle-Goyri Alejandro. "Pratiques discursives et pratiques avantgardistes dans le théâtre mexicain postrévolutionnaire (1920-1940)." Perpignan, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999PERP0331.
Full textThis work shows the relationships between diferent ideological and discursive formations, cultural groups, and the theatrical practice, an space of aestetical and ideological confrontation in the postrevolutionary mexico (1920-1940), in the search of a model of national culture. We start our request by the analysis of different cultural projects and their links with the theatrical practice, in the space of educative programs, so in social mouvements of political actions. And we present some examples like the theatrical experiences from the "teatro regional de teotihuacan", "teatro sintetico y regional mexicano", "teatro de ahora", "teatro de masas", "teatro de arte", "teatro universitario", "teatro de tendencia militante" and so other dramatist examples
Vázquez, de Castro Isabel. "Le théâtre de marionnettes populaire et son influence sur le renouveau scénique au cours du XXème siècle en Espagne." Paris 4, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996PA040174.
Full textThis study deals both with traditional forms of art and with "avant-garde" authors in the Spanish twentieth century. The first part describes the Tia Norica puppet theatre in Cadix. It presents the texts, puppets, sceneries and stage means saved by the Cadix museum as well as writer information on the subject. The second part introduces the works on puppetry of seven Spanish authors: J. Benavente, J. Grau, M. De Falla, F. Garcia Lorca, R. Del Valle-Inclan, R. Alberti and S. Espriu - a Catalonian writer - who are extremely interesting figures of scenic innovation in Spain. The texts themselves, as well as their staging and the reception by the critique and the public have been analyzed
Muikilu, Ndaye Antoine. "Le théâtre en République Démocratique du Congo de 1905 à 1960 : des initiatives missionnaires aux appropriations locales. Matériaux pour une histoire culturelle." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013LORR0114.
Full textFirst systematic study of the history of theatre in the Democratic Republic of Congo, this work positions itself within the quadruple historic, literary, theatrical and ecclesiastical plan. It is structured in three large parties framed my an introduction and a conclusion. Annexed are the biographical notes concerning some actors and a list of the mentioned theatrical pieces. With regard to its content, the first part consists of an inventory which is organized on a topological basis. The theatrical representations are reviewed by locality in the country's eight administrative sub-divisions, which are classified in alphabetical order. At the end of each section, a statistical matrix visualized by an histogram and accompanied by an explanatory note provides a synthetic view of the whole work. This inventory is preceded by a description of information written sources, i.e. the newspapers of the time. The second part presents a chronology of theatrical acts in Congo between 25 December 1905 and 30 June 1960. In a systematic and logical fashion, the third part deals successively with the constitution of the directory, an intellectual theatre aimed at entertaining the masses, its religious, educational and social aspects, and finally its formative character
Jones, Moya. "Le théâtre alternatif en Grande-Bretagne et son économie : 1968-1986." Bordeaux 3, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988BOR30043.
Full textFringe theatre in great-britain can be distinguished from other kinds of current theatre - the national companies, commercial theatre and repertory theatre - from several points of view. Not only because its legal and work structures are specific, but also because its income, its expenses, its content and venues are characteristic, as are the people (practitioners and public) concerned with it. Set in the social, political and economic context of post-war britain, this form of theatre in fact belongs to a long tradition of a more popular parallel theatre which has always existed alongside the "legitimate theatre". Its economic problems however are particularly acute. Government subsidy systems and commercial sponsoring are examined in order to assess, eventually, the potential future of this archaic sector of post-industrial society. Reborn of the counter-culture movements of the 60s and 70s, it has been partly assimilated by mainstream society. Its survival seems to depend in part on how it is to be financed as well as on its own particular strengths
Lin, Chonghui. "Le théâtre de monologue (1900-1990) : une voie vers la création." Paris 4, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996PA040021.
Full textOut of the XXth century complete topsy-turvy theatre came the strange "theatre of monologue" whose main purpose was to get to a "true creation". The construction of the play is unusual: it moves off the classical way and turns to "tableaux" or "montages". The dramatist chooses a vague, nebulous and indefinable space and time setting to introduce an "anti-hero"- a mentally tortured, greatly distressed man who is actually an ego, the universal ego. The use of spoken language lays stress on the gloomy side of the nowadays man in a violent frenetical and coarse way. The monologue is in fact a rare speech drawn out the silence and the frenetical body movements show evidence of the anguish, oppression and torpor hidden behind that silence. So the theater of monologue may be regarded as an impossible search for a pure theatre. No art can exist without any strong desire for dream and without a frantic urge to create
Menet-Genty, Janine. "Théâtre et société en Italie (1860-1915) : un nouveau répertoire et de nouvelles structures théâtrales pour une société en mutation." Nancy 2, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986NAN21023.
Full textThe Italian theater of the late 19th c. And early 20th c. Is little known and neglected by critics, though it contributed to the national revival once political unity was achieved in Italy. Turning away from dialects it chooses the national Italian language ; through its original approach to contemporary social issues it takes an independent stand against the overwhelming influence of French and Scandinavian drama. Hundreds of new plays are written each year by professional or amateur playrights. The plays are produced by dozens of itinerant troups, travelling all over the Italian territory, and even going on tours abroad. Leading actors according to tradition direct their own troup. This period is also a time of experiments : "permanent" theaters are created ; playrights, actors and company directors organize themselves in the defence of their respective interests ; a specialized press develops and increases the theater's impact on a large and enthusiastic audience. Authors deal with subjects that reflect the concerns of a rapidly rising bourgeoisie. Such themes as family and money are part of all plots. Some problem plays stage familiar concerns on the contemporary social scene, like duels and suicide. Others illustrate the new laws, underline the difficulties implied by their enforcement and suggest necessary reforms in the fields of marriage, separation, divorce, heritage, etc. All plays rely on traditional moral standards. The present work pertains to both literature and the sociology of theater. As we study the texts of the plays, the letters exchanged by authors and actors as well as the archives of the theater companies we draw attention to a literary genre which often provides an accurate image of the new Italy while revealing the obsessions of a rapidly transforming society
El, Fakhri-Frem Sonia. "Le théâtre au Liban d'expression arabe et française de 1848 à 1975." Paris 4, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003PA040249.
Full textIs there a Lebanese theater ? Our work aims at addressing this question. The play entitled Al Bakhil (L' "Avare" de Molière), that was adapted by Maroun Naccache in 1848, represents a starting point and a reference in the history of the Arabic theatre. We study the theatre in the period between 1848 and 1975, as well as the other forms of performing arts present before 1848, and consider the periods of development, regression and the underlying causes. The work includes a general overview of the Lebanese theatre in Lebanon, Egypt and France as well as an analysis of the different movements and the characteristics of each evolution period. We have stressed the problems and difficulties of the theatre in relation with the socio-political and economic context. This work consists in five sections that address 1- the aspects of the different forms of performing arts before Naccache; 2- the birth of theatre in Lebanon with Naccache and the difficulties encountered as well as the contributions of his successors in the development of theatre in Lebanon and Egypt; 3- the period of instability due to World War I and II, local wars and economic crises; 4- the renewed rise and growth of Lebanese theatre between 1960 and 1975; 5- the French-speaking (francophone) Lebanese theatre. The theatrical works of different play-writers and directors have been analyzed and categorized. In a effort to preserve a record of the theatrical works of this period, a unified record listing the main play-writers, directors and actors, as well as theatre companies, theatres and play titles was created. Although the main aim of our work was to analyze the different factors affecting the evolution of the theatrical genre, it was necessary to undertake a general historical overview to better understand the interaction between these factors in their socio-political and economic context
Voyer, Marie-Hélène. "En terrains vagues : poétique de l’espace incertain dans le roman français et québécois contemporain." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/25528.
Full textBouchard, Pierre-Olivier. "Rapport au temps et figures d'écrivains : la fin du XIXe siècle dans les biographies fictives françaises et québécoises parues entre 1980 et 2000." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/28083.
Full textVasserot, Christilla. "Les avatars de la tragédie dans le théâtre cubain contemporain, 1941-1968." Paris 3, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999PA030059.
Full textThe expression cuban theatre means much more than an artistic category or a place. It represents an art always seeking for its own style : the dramatization and the production of a national identity, the search of typical cuban forms. This quest had created different kinds of theatre's experiences. Nevertheless, beyond the diversity of genres, different levels of quality, and of course individual specificities, several common points and similarities allow us to assert the existence of a generation. Such observations justify our study that aims at presenting a serie of thoughts in a way to define a contemporary cuban dramatic way of writing. This study more precisely deals with a period of time between 1941 and 1968 (these two dates are symbolic and related to the composition and the publication of virgilio pinera and anton arrufat's plays : electra garrigo and los siete contra tebas). These years represent a step of theatre's revival that was marked out by the will to create a specifically cuban dramaturgy using technics and aesthetic models of international avant-garde. The choice of tragedy as the federative element of the plays mentioned in this study is not fortuitous. The appropriation of the tragic genre is indeed linked to the most interesting researches carried out by the authors of that period : - revival of the cuban dramatic art's traditonal forms - quest of modernity related to foreign models - creation of an appropriate genre to express what is commonly called cubania ; elaboration of a national and contemporary style : the cuban tragedy, which we define in our whole study
Moirenc, Élodie. "La notion de "théâtralité" à travers l'art d'aujourd'hui : étude de la métaphore théâtrale dans la sculpture et l'installation." Paris 8, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000PA081680.
Full textKoutchevsky, Alexandre. "A l'échelle des mots : l’écriture théâtrale brève en France (1980-2007)." Rennes 2, 2009. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00370565/fr/.
Full textFor a long time, forms of short drama have been written and performed in a utilitarian, amusing or experimental context. Without these functions disappearing, the place of short texts seems to have evolved, both in quantitative and qualitative terms, in the context of French life in the years 1980-2007. Buoyed by the « authors comeback » movement, new brief dramatic art forms are invented on the page as on the stage. This thesis intends to investigate the most salient aspects from the stylistic angle of brevity
Rouquet, Christiane. "M. Bulgakov et le monde théâtral et littéraire de son temps." Aix-Marseille 1, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989AIX10029.
Full textMr. Bulgakov's work appears to be very autobiographic. Through the study of "theatrical novel", the letters "to a secret friend", "the master and margarita", the plays "moliere", "the crimson island" and "the life of monsieur de moliere", our first objective is to show the autobiographic frame of his work, to bring out mr. Bulgakov's opinion about theatrical and literary worlds and reveal his conception of the art. Then, we want to look into the different ways bulgakov transformed autobiographical events into "literary facts" and bring to light the symbolic image of the writer in his struggle with those in power. In the first part, we will investigate bulgakov's experience with the art theatre, focusing on the difficulty of relations between the artist and the authorities, we will look for traces of his collaboration (in "theatrical novel", "the crimson island") and examine his satire on the theatrical world. In the second part, after having studied the publishing trade (gudok, nakanune, rossia, nedra) during the nep period, we will analyse the satire on the literary world through "theatrical novel". We will end our study with the analysis of the different methods used to transform autobiographical events into "literary facts" (demarcation, absurdity, fantastic, symbolic); we will show that the novel is deeply autobiographic and proves to be a retort to a strictly materialistic society
Thiériot, Gérard. "Franz Xaver Kroetz et le Volksstück." Paris 10, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA100013.
Full textPelletier, Martine. "Histoires et histoire dans l'oeuvre dramatique de Brian Friel." Rennes 2, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994REN20004.
Full textThis research examines the works of Brian Friel (1929-), the contemporary northern-Irish playwright who co-founded field day, the famous Derry-based theatre company which announced in 1993 that it was putting an end to its activities. Our main object has been the study of the tension between story and history, between storytelling and history-writing. The dramatist is fascinated by the ways in which the past can be manipulated and he observes with lucidity but not without compassion the erratic workings of memory and the creation of myths that operate as consoling fictions but also generate fixity and division. Myth, fiction, lies and fabulation are some of the key words in our analysis of Friel's drama. Though he never stopped focusing on the private world of the family, Friel has gradually succeeded in integrating a more political and historical reflection, largely inspired by the tragic resurgence of violence in Ulster after 1968. Without ever discarding completely the conventions of the so-called realist theatre, but he has sought varied and often innovative dramatic forms that have enabled him to show on the stage the crucial role of language in any representation of the past, whether it be filtered by an individual conscience or by the collective memory of the nation. Our study of the links between Friel and field day will, we hope, shed some light on how the playwright operated within a company that had as its avowed aim, the exploration of the often controversial and complex interaction between politics history and literature in Ireland
Michel, Carole. "La dramaturgie d'Egon Wolff : itinéraire dramatique pour une unité entre individu et société." Besançon, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002BESA1018.
Full textRogatcheva-This, Tamara. "Du fantastique dans le théâtre : approches historiques et théoriques, analyse de la production dramatique européenne à la charnière des XIXème et XXème siècles." Clermont-Ferrand 2, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008CLF20014.
Full textLucas-Batello, Gwenaëlle. "Minorations et réseaux littéraires: le projet franco-québécois de Marie Le Franc (1906-1964)." Paris 4, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004PA040199.
Full textThe parisian literary establishment, strengthened by its prestige and hegemony, implicitly undervalues french literature produced in the provinces and outside France. The organisation of peripheral literary networks can therefore be seen as an institutional process of compensation aimed at promoting literature and writers from outside the capital. The Breton writer Marie Le Franc (1879-1964), who arrived in Quebec in 1906, activated such networks between writers in France and Quebec. This thesis aims to understand the genesis, working methods and achievements of these networks. It proposes a new, regional, perspective on the literary relationships between France and Quebec during the first half of the twentieth century in order to better understand the evolution of this particular area of cultural internationalisation
Lempereur, Nathalie. "Arthur Adamov, entre modernité et engagement : lieux, acteurs et réception d'un théâtre en politique." Thesis, Paris 1, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA010595.
Full textArthur Adamov (1908-1970) is a Jess studied figure of contemporary theatre. The social and cultural point of view that we adopt allows renewing interest for this unclassifiable and playwright. Initially linked to the "absurd", he shifted towards social and political theatre; meanwhile he was getting closer to the communist party. This thesis analyzes the evolution of his theatre that never freezes but reconfigures with the transformation of theatre, political and social backgrounds. We try to bring out the engaged intellectual and the list of his various actions that reached its peak between May 1958 cri sis and the end of the Algerian war. Adamov' s work reflects the society of his time; it has been encouraged, provoked enthusiasms as well as received hard critics. Sociability and legitimation instances reconfigure around his work: theatre hall directors, magazines, producers. The places when he has been played, in France - from avant-garde halls to the "red" suburb - or abroad, determines the particular geography of theaters opened to certain political dimension as well as to a new audience. The gap between the wished and real audience, as between theorized, imagined and practical theater, form other axes. Finally, this research provides information about the reception of Adamov's works, especially the impressions and sensibilities of his time. It's all about artistic and political utopia somehow buried which will arise in its collective dimension
Tosetto, Cristina. "Pour une histoire de la critique dramatique et théâtrale en France et en Italie (1952-1996) : du protocole texto-centré à la fabrique du théâtre." Thesis, Bordeaux 3, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018BOR30056/document.
Full textAlthough the studies on the history of theatre review and critique have followed different approaches, the critique itself has rarely narrowed its focus on a specific epistemological question. The word towards, in the title of this research, expresses the desire of designing a first study for analysing the mechanisms of critique, its structure and its protocols, considering it as an independent object for the historiographical analysis. We have therefore developed some appropriate analytical tools, based on the methodology used by researches published in magazines. Critics’ magazines and journals have formed the framework of this thesis, from which its main thread has been unveiled, namely the reform of the text-centred critical protocol. The thesis plan has been structured following this common thread from the first signs of the reform in 1952, found in France and in Italy after the death of Benedetto Croce and Jean Vilar's speech « The theatre and the soup », until Bernard Dort and Giuseppe Bartolucci, who started the modification of the protocol by introducing the concept of « scenic writing » in the vocabulary of criticism, died in 1994 and 1996, respectively. The present research is based on the analysis of many periodicals and archival documents, which are in part unpublished
Bouko, Catherine. "La réception spectatorielle et les formes postdramatiques du spectacle vivant." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210342.
Full textHans-Thies Lehmann reprend la notion de "théâtre postdramatique" proposée par Richard Schechner pour qualifier ces formes métissées de spectacle vivant La thèse défendue est la suivante :le théâtre postdramatique trouve sa spécificité non seulement dans la transgression des codes dramatiques mais surtout dans des processus de réception spécifiques qu'il importe de définir, à l'aide d'outils notamment sémiotiques. Ces processus sont situés et construits par rapport à différents modèles interdisciplinaires.
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Feuillastre, Anne Laure. "Le nouveau théâtre espagnol : la résistance politique, culturelle et esthétique d’un mouvement néo-avant-gardiste (1967-1978)." Thesis, Paris 10, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA100130.
Full textThis Ph. D. thesis tries to reconstruct, under a double perspective, the history of the Spanish New Theatre, an artistic manifestation marginalised from the scenes on its times; the essay considers its extent –on multiple aspects– and its ethic and aesthetic characterisation. Including also censored and unpublished plays, this study intends to revive an innovative scenic and dramatic movement which developed in Spain during the late Francoism and the early Spanish Transition (1967-1978); it was artistically experimental, culturally non-conformist, aesthetically unconventional and politically anti-Francoist. The search for new scenic propositions and solutions provoked the appearance of a new avant-garde at the end of the dictatorship; its productions were incomprehensible within the structural limits of commercial theatre (classic drama, light comedies) or even contemporary Realism’s propositions. The transformation of the dramatic scene implied a progressive awareness of group –marginalised in many ways– and generated the creation of multiple non-Aristotelic forms (sometimes inspired in the European and American avant-gardes); it supposed also new modes of expression based on a creative language, verbal provocation and an extended use of allegory and symbol. These pages propose a reflection about the Spanish New Theatre’s name and very concept, on its socio-cultural and political context –capital for its birth and development– offering a stylistic analysis approach in order to specify the movement’s defining features
Gagnon, Claude-Maurice. "Hétérogénéité artistique : une question moderniste et/ou "post-moderniste"?" Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/33526.
Full textRykner, Arnaud. "Dramaturgie du silence de l'âge classique à Maeterlinck." Paris 4, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994PA040319.
Full textFrom 1620-1630 to the beginning of the XXth century,in France,the concept of 'theatre' was enlarged. Before Diderot,french drama was based upon dialogue alone and rejected silence,which seldom happened. .
TOURE, JEAN MARIE. "Theatre et liberte en afrique noire francophone de 1930 a 1985." Cergy-Pontoise, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997CERG0025.
Full textShkembi, Merita. "Du théâtre à l'anti-théâtre : analyse d'oeuvres dramatiques de Normand chaurette, Carole Fréchette et Larry Tremblay." Limoges, 2013. http://aurore.unilim.fr/theses/nxfile/default/f6d2241a-cd0e-49d2-8254-6cf97da7a6ed/blobholder:0/2013LIMO2008.pdf.
Full textThere is around 1980 that the postmodern theater appears in Quebec. Many new writers as Normand Chaurette, Carole Fréchette and Larry Tremblay created new theatrical writings that have wondered about to challenge the traditional theatrical aesthetics. On refusing the different forms of the traditional theatrical playwriting as the concept of outcome including the final solution of the story and the logical argument of action, they invented new texts that are extremely difficult to understand. Sometimes considered unreadable and difficult to play, parts of Chauray, Frechette and Tremblay, who are known as well in Québec as abroad, can't stopped throwing a challenge to the theater's directors who were not able to understand the enigmatic universe of these three authors atypical. Is it finally a complex theater? What are the characteristics of this theater called new and original? Would it be a drama bomb? These are different questions that we will try to discover troughout this study financed by the Regional Council
Gaillard, Sophie. "Écrivains et metteurs en scène à l'école du Cartel. L'épreuve de la collaboration." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCA178.
Full textThe accounts given by writers and directors, widely reported by dramatic and academic critics, have given rise to legends concerning the theatrical work, and have reduced the partnerships between creators to one of either conflict or perfect harmony. By comparing the teachings of the Cartel school – from the foundation of the Vieux-Colombier (1913) to the achievements of its legacy – and the collaborations begun in the theatre and at the writer’s desk, we propose to bring to light the logic determining the balance of powers between creators and to explore its effect on the practice and the poetry of the theatrical.The first part of the study sheds light, from a historical perspective, on the relations between writers and directors in the first two-thirds of the century and shows the central role played by the Copeau school. It examines the way in which the collaborators perceive one another and the way they conceive their work within a collaborative setting.The second part is dedicated to the relationships of five heirs of the Cartel school (Barsacq, Meyer, Serreau, Barrault and Blin) with three generations of authors (Claudel, Gide, Anouilh, Couturier, Ionesco, Beckett, Schehadé and Keineg) and considers, from a genetic perspective, the role of the writers in the stage production. It highlights the efforts of dramatists to assert their legitimacy and questions the place of the text in the creators’ debates. The third part of the study examines the range of functions of the director during the writing process and explores the possible influence it has on the poetry of dramatists and on the printed work
Lumière, Émilie. "Clio en question : le théâtre métahistorique en Espagne (1980-2010)." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012TOU20084.
Full textIn the context of postmodernism, history writing has become a crucial issue. Called “epistemological turn” by historians and “metahistorical fiction” by writers, such a tendency is the proof of a “metahistorical awareness” which arises nowadays in Western societies as a whole, inviting to consider history as a palimpsest of subjective and conflicting interpretations. Affected by recent memory conflicts, Spain is primarily concerned. This study wishes to identify the modalities and stakes of such metahistorical tendency while wondering about the place of contemporary Spanish drama within this phenomenon. After retracing the evolution of both notions of “metahistory” and “metahistorical fiction”, this dissertation opens on a first chapter sketching out a history of Western metahistory, extended to the historiographic, artistic and societal fields (choosing to limit the latter to the contemporary period). If the metahistorical phenomenon is not new, metahistorical awareness which provides it with an original strength and coherence seems to crystallize over the last part of the 20th century. Spain has its own specificities ‒ especially due to the legacy of the Spanish Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship. This chapter ends on a theoretical part offering analytic tools for metahistorical fiction and a typology (metafictional metahistorical fiction, historiographic metahistorical fiction), and also considers some particularities of the dramatic genre.The second chapter is the study of around ten Spanish dramas written over the past thirty years: El retablo de Eldorado, Naufragios de Álvar Núñez, Lope de Aguirre, traidor and El sudario de tiza by J. Sanchis Sinisterra, ¡¡¡Tierraaaa… a… laaaa… vistaaa…!!! by M. Martínez Mediero, Yo tengo un tío en América by A. Boadella, Retrato de gran almirante con perros by L. Riaza, Yo, maldita india… and El arquitecto y el relojero by J. López Mozo, El jardín quemado and La tortuga de Darwin by J. Mayorga, and Homenaje a los Malditos by E. Calonge. If it uses the metahistorical device through various dramaturgies, this corpus presents, however, a real unity: reminding of present-day historiographic and societal concerns in history writing, it becomes an original artistic manifestation of contemporary metahistorical awareness, exploring more closely the Spanish particularities. These texts also seem to reflect the progressive affirmation of metahistorical fiction which gradually parts from historical fiction and metafiction. As Clio is brought back to the humans’ stage, deconstructed and demystified, these playwrights do an “act of memory” and offer spaces of expression to traumatic memories. Contemporary metahistorical fiction, though definitely postmodern, is not nihilist: it dismantles historical discourses in order to better understand them; it deconstructs them in order to offer other evocations of the past
En el contexto de la posmodernidad, el tema de la escritura de la historia se ha vuelto esencial. “Giro epistemológico” para los historiadores, “ficción metahistórica” para los escritores: todo ello parece dar cuenta de una “consciencia metahistórica” que hoy toca a todas las sociedades occidentales, e invita a percibir la historia como un palimpsesto de interpretaciones subjetivas y contradictorias. España, afectada por recientes conflictos de memoria, no escapa a la regla. Esta tesis intenta identificar las modalidades y las implicaciones de esta tendencia metahistórica, analizando asimismo la posición del teatro español dentro de este fenómeno.Después de recordar las evoluciones de las nociones “metahistoria” y “ficción metahistórica”, este trabajo se abre con un primer capítulo que propone un esbozo de la historia de la metahistoria en Occidente, extendida a los campos de la historiografía, el arte y la sociedad –y limitada en este último aspecto a la época contemporánea. Si el fenómeno metahistórico no es nuevo, la consciencia metahistórica que le da una fuerza y una coherencia inéditas parecen cristalizarse en el último tercio del siglo XX. España tiene sus especificidades, estrechamente vinculadas con la herencia de la guerra civil y el franquismo. Este capítulo se cierra con una parte teórica que precisa unas herramientas para el análisis de la ficción metahistórica y una tipología (ficción metahistórica metaficcional; ficción metahistórica historiográfica), y enfoca algunas particularidades del género teatral. El examen, en un segundo capítulo, de doce dramas españoles escritos en las tres últimas décadas ‒El retablo de Eldorado, Naufragios de Álvar Núñez, Lope de Aguirre, traidor y El sudario de tiza de J. Sanchis Sinisterra, ¡¡¡Tierraaaa… a… laaaa… vistaaa…!!! de M. Martínez Mediero, Yo tengo un tío en América de A. Boadella, Retrato de gran almirante con perros de L. Riaza, Yo, maldita india… y El arquitecto y el relojero de J. López Mozo, El jardín quemado y La tortuga de Darwin de J. Mayorga, y Homenaje a los Malditos de E. Calonge‒ muestra que el dispositivo metahistórico puede manifestarse en obras muy diferentes. El corpus presenta sin embargo una fuerte unidad: aparece, conforme a la preocupación historiográfica y social actual para la escritura de la historia, como una manifestación artística original de la consciencia metahistórica contemporánea, ateniéndose a las particularidades españolas. Además, los textos parecen reflejar la afirmación progresiva de la ficción metahistórica, que poco a poco se independiza de la ficción histórica y la metaficción. Aunque llevan a Clío al escenario de los hombres, deconstruída y desmitificada, estos dramaturgos no dejan de realizar un acto de memoria y ofrecen unos espacios de expresión a las memorias negadas. Resueltamente posmoderna, la ficción metahistórica contemporánea no cede al nihilismo: deshace los discursos históricos para entenderlos mejor; los deconstruye para proponer otras evocaciones del pasado
Zhang, Qiang. "Molière en Chine : étude de l'histoire de la traduction et de l'adaptation de ses pièces de théâtre." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCC153/document.
Full textBased on the Polysystem Theory of Itamar Even-Zohar, this thesis aims to study the translation and adaptation of Molière’s theatre plays in China. The purpose of the author is to focus on the influence of the socio-historical factors in the transmission of the works of the great French playwriter in China, and identify the dominant traits of the translation and adaptation of each era. This thesis is divided into three parts. The first part, after a preview of the first encounter between the western theater and the Chinese public in the late 19th and early 20th century, is dedicated to the study of the first Chinese version of the play L’Avare. Then, the Chinese translation of Molière’s works in the modern era (between 1919 and 1949) is considered in terms of two questions: why the translators during the New Culture Movement couldn’t resist the literalist temptation, and why this strategy has given way to adaptation in the next decades? The last part focuses on the fate of the Molière’s plays in contemporary China. Molière’s comedies were first promoted by the regime to the rank of literary canon before being entirely excluded from the Chinese scene during the Cultural Revolution. With the end of political disorder, his plays have aroused interest among the Chinese public, and have encouraged new translations or adaptations
Marguier, Florence. "Maria Casarès : Recherches et métamorphoses d'une comédienne." Thesis, Paris 3, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA030144.
Full textOur approach to Maria Casarès is a discovery of her art where her own research has an important place. She is effectively one of the figureheads in the theatre of the second half of the 20th century. Because of her, we remember the faces in "La mort d'Orphée" by Cocteau, or la femme fatale in "Les dames du Bois de Boulogne" by Bresson, her participation at the T.N.P. Even so, these are only steps in a future where the actress will enrich her knowledge by her own discoveries. Beyond her reputation as a master in the art of theatre we realise that Maria Casarès is above all an actress who invented her personal way to approach the stage. With her authentic art she possessed the poetics of an actor. This is her nomadic road, where she navigates through theatre in a search which is at the same time identity and art. On this path she shares her search with her director friends, Marcel Herrand and Jorge Lavelli. Also with Jean Vilar, Bernard Sobel, Bruno Bayen, Patrice Chéreau, Denis Llorca, Jean Gillibert, Maurice Béjart and others
Saraczynska, Maja. "Pour un "théâtre autobiographique". Exemples européens de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle." Thesis, Paris Est, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PEST0031.
Full textSince the Seventies of the twentieth century literary autobiography has been arousing deep interest among the researchers and a plethora of critical works have been written on the issue. Yet to this day there is no comprehensive resarch work on the subject. In consideration of a surprising discrepancy between the existing theatre practice and the missing theory, theorisation and classification of this problematic category seems indispensable. This doctoral thesis, the title of which refers to the work of Philippe Lejeune entitled « Pro the autobiography », sees the crisis of forms (the dramatic and theatre forms) and literary genres (the autobiographical genre) a reason for the genesis of dramatic-theatrical autobiography, the story of which will be followed starting with Restif de La Bretonne's « The life's play ».Taking into consideration the development of the autobiographical theatre after the Second World War (the general history of which influenced formation of the intimate history of the autobiographical authors subjected to analysis), the present thesis takes on the task of analysis of the relationship between autobiography and the European theatre of the second half of twentieth century. The selected works present the profiles of dramatic authors fully dedicated to staging the story of their lives : starting with the process of writing a play, through stage design and stage direction to acting or/and stage presence. The selection criteria regarding the analysed works (the six principal playwrights being Anouilh, Duras, Grumberg, Ionesco, Kantor, Różewicz) are based on the direct relationship between the dramatic writers and a theatre performance and take up the issues of total creation, form-genre metamorphosis of works situated on the border between (auto)biography, historical memoirs and diary as well as the possibility of staging the autobiography and reconstruction of one's self and one's past through the medium of a performance.The aim of this treatise is not only presentation of theorisation and periodisation of the autobiographical theatre through distinction of the specifics of each of the analysed works and pointing out the common features but also presenting the elements the theatre introduces to the autobiographical genre and the way it enables its renewal. The suggested way of subject presentation allows to follow the development of the autobiographical theatre where the stage materiality plays increasingly significant role : the first part is dedicated to the analysis of the genre history, while the second one – to the issue of transcribing and transforming the autobiographical prose into a stage play (based on the example of Duras and Ionesco) directed by a thrid party in presence of the author, the third one – to the issue of active participation of the author in the process of collective staging of his autobiographical work (based on the example of Anouilh and Grumberg), the fourth one – to the issue of deconstruction of a dramatic text giving way to the theatre stage (the theatre of Różewicz, Kantor, Podehl). Thus the symbiosis of onirism and graphicality (the visual theatre of Mądzik or Znorko) becomes in a way the crowning of this form of personal statement and allows to capture the essence of autobiographical theatre the aim of which is not telling life but its reconstruction in the space
Since the Seventies of the twentieth century literary autobiography has been arousing deep interest among the researchers and a plethora of critical works have been written on the issue. Yet to this day there is no comprehensive resarch work on the subject. In consideration of a surprising discrepancy between the existing theatre practice and the missing theory, theorisation and classification of this problematic category seems indispensable. This doctoral thesis, the title of which refers to the work of Philippe Lejeune entitled « Pro the autobiography », sees the crisis of forms (the dramatic and theatre forms) and literary genres (the autobiographical genre) a reason for the genesis of dramatic-theatrical autobiography, the story of which will be followed starting with Restif de La Bretonne’s « The life’s play ».Taking into consideration the development of the autobiographical theatre after the Second World War (the general history of which influenced formation of the intimate history of the autobiographical authors subjected to analysis), the present thesis takes on the task of analysis of the relationship between autobiography and the European theatre of the second half of twentieth century. The selected works present the profiles of dramatic authors fully dedicated to staging the story of their lives : starting with the process of writing a play, through stage design and stage direction to acting or/and stage presence. The selection criteria regarding the analysed works (the six principal playwrights being Anouilh, Duras, Grumberg, Ionesco, Kantor, Różewicz) are based on the direct relationship between the dramatic writers and a theatre performance and take up the issues of total creation, form-genre metamorphosis of works situated on the border between (auto)biography, historical memoirs and diary as well as the possibility of staging the autobiography and reconstruction of one’s self and one’s past through the medium of a performance.The aim of this treatise is not only presentation of theorisation and periodisation of the autobiographical theatre through distinction of the specifics of each of the analysed works and pointing out the common features but also presenting the elements the theatre introduces to the autobiographical genre and the way it enables its renewal. The suggested way of subject presentation allows to follow the development of the autobiographical theatre where the stage materiality plays increasingly significant role : the first part is dedicated to the analysis of the genre history, while the second one – to the issue of transcribing and transforming the autobiographical prose into a stage play (based on the example of Duras and Ionesco) directed by a thrid party in presence of the author, the third one – to the issue of active participation of the author in the process of collective staging of his autobiographical work (based on the example of Anouilh and Grumberg), the fourth one – to the issue of deconstruction of a dramatic text giving way to the theatre stage (the theatre of Różewicz, Kantor, Podehl). Thus the symbiosis of onirism and graphicality (the visual theatre of Mądzik or Znorko) becomes in a way the crowning of this form of personal statement and allows to capture the essence of autobiographical theatre the aim of which is not telling life but its reconstruction in the space
Maruéjouls-Koch, Sophie. "Le "Théâtre plastique" de Tennessee Williams : du "langage de la vision" à "l'écriture organique." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LORR0331/document.
Full textWhen Tennessee Williams coined the phrase “plastic theater” in 1944, he described it as a language of “sounds, colors and movements,” a language freed from the limitations of words. His aim was to breathe new life into what he called “the exhausted theater of realistic conventions.” His ability to put the totality of theatrical experience into words manifests itself in the scripts of his plays. Williams is a creator of pictures, a playwright in the true sense of the word who found in painting and cinema the images he needed to elaborate his new language for the stage and move away from a “photographic likeness” he rejected because it was associated with realism. Gauguin, Van Gogh, De Chirico, Hofmann or Pollock are but a few of the many painters mentioned in his plays or essays who provided him with the means to enrich his vocabulary for the stage and lead his “plastic theater” toward “something more abstract.” But cinema also influenced him, giving him the opportunity to explore new possibilities and create a space between words and images where the elusive truth could be revealed. Images thus helped liberate Williams from the literary traditions as well as from the cultural codes that had defined and confined his writing from the very beginning. The writer who felt “wrapped up in literary style like the bandages of a mummy” found in images the subversive power he needed to express his true self and breathe life into words that he had always wanted to be “more than words.” From “the language of vision” to “organic writing,” Williams’s “plastic theater” evinces a desire for images
Rengifo, Carpio David Carlos. "Le théâtre historique et la construction de la nation : essor, crise et résurgence : Lima 1848-1924." Thesis, Rennes 2, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018REN20057/document.
Full textThis doctoral dissertation explores the role that historical theatre played in the process of nation-building in Peru between the mid-nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. Local theatre’s dynamics mirrored the development of nation-building in this country. The period under study is of particular complexity in Peruvian history, and it allows us to understand the difficulties arising between the construction of the nation and the development of a Peruvian national identity. This research focuses on Lima, Peru’s capital city. It demonstrates that the historical dramas written in this period, even when not all of them were set on stage, sometimes conveyed a realistic image of the past whereas other times that representation was fictitious. These plays expressed the middle and/or upper classes’ national aspirations and ideals. Most play writers and the audiences that attended the plays belonged to the middle and/or upper classes and considered themselves as liberals. This dissertation also argues that Peruvian historical theatre only evolved in circumstances in which the local elites were filled by nationalist enthusiasm and optimism about Peru’s contemporary present and future