Centre Stage
Contemporary Drama in Austria
Published on 1. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
247 pages
978-90-420-0525-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this volume, scholars and theatre practioners from Austria, Britain and Germany explore the current state of Austrian drama in studies of the themes, forms and concerns of some of the most important contemporary playwrights. Many of the contributions address works which have not previously been the subject of scholarly analysis. The writers discussed include: Wolfgang Bauer, Thomas Bernhard, Elias Canetti, Peter Handke, Fritz Hochwaelder, Elfriede Jelinek, Jakov Lind, Felix Mitterer, Hermann Nitsch, Gerhard Roth, Werner Schwab, Marlene Steeruwitz, Peter Turrini, and the film-maker, Wim Wenders.
This collection, which includes photographs and an essay on the problems of translating, will be of particular interest to teachers, students and translators of German-language drama, as well as to a wider theatre-going public.
This collection, which includes photographs and an essay on the problems of translating, will be of particular interest to teachers, students and translators of German-language drama, as well as to a wider theatre-going public.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-0525-9 (9789042005259)
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Content
Preface. Frank FINLAY & Ralf JEUTTER: Introduction. Julian PREECE: Form, Structure, and Poetry in the Varied Plays of Werner Schwab. Mike ROGERS: Die Unordnung der Ordnung. Anthony WAINE: Post-modern Moods and Morals in Wolfgang Bauer's Trilogy: Magic Afternoon, Change, Party for Six. Allyson FIDDLER: Modernist or Postmodernist? The Absurd Question in Marlene Steeruwitz. Jenny LANYON: The De(con)struction of Female Subjectivity in Elfriede Jelinek's play Krankheit oder moderne Frauen. Victoria MARTIN: Vox populae, vox Austriae: Linguistic Varieties and the Expression of Regional and National Identity in the Works of Felix Mitterer. Julie WILSON-BOKOWIEC: Human Beings in extremis. An Introduction to the Works of Hermann Nitsch. Silke HASSLER: In Wahrheit ist Jakov Lind ein Dramatiker: Ein Versuch ueber die Komoedientragoedien Die Heiden und Ergo. Axel SCHALK: Fritz Hochwaelder - Der Fall eines vergessenen Dramatikers. Frank FINLAY: 'Das wirklich Ungeschminkte': Peter Turrini'ss Die Minderleister as a Critique of the Mass Media. Ralf JEUTTER: Polarity and Breathing - Aspects of Thomas Bernhard's Plays. Uwe SCHUETTE: Operating on a 'Living Corpse': The Plays of Gerhard Roth. Fritz WEFELMEYER: Das Theater der verlichteten Erzaehlung bei Peter Handke und Wim Wenders. Penny BLACK: Peter Turrini - From German Page to English Stage: A Translator's View.