عنوان

Theatre of the oppressed /

(Number (ISBN

0930452496

(Number (ISBN

9780930452490

Number

b783786

Title Proper

Theatre of the oppressed /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Augusto Boal ; translated by Charles A. & Maria-Odilia Leal McBride.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Theatre Communications Group,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1985.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 197 pages ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Originally published: New York : Urizen Books, 1979.

Text of Note

Translation of Teatro del oprimido y otras poéticas políticas.

Text of Note

Aristotle's coercive system of tragedy: Art imitates nature ; What is the meaning of imitation? ; What, then, is the purpose of art and science? ; Major arts and minor arts ; What does tragedy imitate? ; What is happiness? ; And what is virtue? ; Necessary characteristics of virtue ; The degrees of virtue ; What is justice? ; In what sense can theater function as an instrument for purification and intimidation? ; The ultimate aim of tragedy ; A short glossary of simple words ; How Aristotle's coercive system of tragedy functions ; Different types of conflict: hamartia and social ethos -- Machiavelli and the poetics of virtù: The feudal abstraction ; The bourgeois concretion ; Machiavelli and Mandragola ; Modern reductions of virtu -- Hegel and Brecht : the character as subject or the character as object?: The "epic" concept ; Types of poetry in Hegel ; Characteristics of dramatic poetry, still according to Hegel ; Freedom of the character-subject ; A word poorly chosen ; Does thought determine being (or vice versa)? ; Can man be changed? ; Conflict of wills or contradiction of needs? ; Empathy or what? emotion or reason? ; Catharsis and repose, or knowledge and action? ; How to interpret the new works? ; The rest does not count: they are minor formal differences between the three genres ; Empathy or osmosis -- Poetics of the oppressed: Experiments with the people's theater in Peru ; Conclusion: "spectator," a bad word! -- Development of the Arena Theater of São Paulo: Need for the "joker" ; Goals of the "joker" ; Structures of the "joker."

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Text of Note

Theatre of the oppressed combines analysis and practice, making it indispensable to those interested in dramatic theory as well as performance technique.

General Material Designation

Teatro del oprimido y otras poéticas políticas.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Parallel Title

Theater of the oppressed

Theater-- Political aspects.

Tragedy-- History and criticism.

Onderdrukking.

Politiek theater.

Theater-- Political aspects.

Tragedy.

Volkstoneel.

Number

Class number

Book number

Class number

System Code

Boal, Augusto.

Date of Transaction

20201206220320.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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