Collection of Curated Stories on ILLUMINATION
Second edition of selected stories by Drama Llama hosted on ILLUMINATION-Curated
Bourgeois Society, The Well Made Play and Gender Issues in Theatre
#Playwriting #Realism #Expressionism #Literature #Theatre
A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen and Trifles by Susan Glaspell are plays conveying the contemporary society of their time, expressed in a realistic way. Trifles can be perceived to have expressionist undertones, with its theme of murder and denunciation of the male hierarchy. Similarly both suggest a rejection of their cultural gender issues and question social values and behaviour, using metaphorical symbols and thought invoking endings. In this article, I will draw attention to the social context surrounding both plays and the different ways in which both playwrights convey their rejection of gender issues.
Non Verbal Tendencies in Beckettian Drama
#Samuel Beckett #Literature Analysis #Books #Playwrights #Drama
Beckett soon became known as having a specific uncovered minimalist style with recurring themes such as insanity. This style can be seen as a poetic constant search for the meaning amid what is seen and what is said. Beckett’s characters are articulate and often preoccupied with time, his plots cyclical and repetitive rather than linear. His creative vision was tied to the philosophy that to laugh at one’s own circumstance, is the only way that one can start to tolerate it.
Romanticism in the Expressive Arts
#Dance #Romanticism #Expressive Arts #Ballet #Education
Visual artists saw romanticism as the rebirthing of the spiritual and modern culture of the middle ages. It was the primary movement involving all of the art forms, which started in Europe in the early nineteenth century. They believed that it was a way of behaving, thinking and viewing, that it could not be described in words and have characteristics assigned to it. The move into romanticism for them stood for an emotive and perceptive outlook.
The American Dream had become a Nightmare!
#John Steinbeck #American Dream #Of Mice and Men #Literature #Writing
The 1929 stock market crash marked the beginning of the Depression. Prior to the crash the stock market had been an important source of funding for industry; thus the crash itself was a contributing factor to the downturn as well as a harbinger of things to come. Since stock prices are based on estimates of future earnings potential, the stock market performance of the 1920’s tells a story of runaway optimism for the future. When it peaked a few weeks before the crash, The Dow Jones had risen 597% over the previous 8 years. It was soon to become a symbol of runaway pessimism.
The Performativity of an Uprising
#Politics #Spanish Civil War #Education #Spain #Terrorism
In front of them, the earth bursts open with drumhead-rupturing thunder; beside them, with deafening booms; behind them, with thudding explosions. They suddenly feel as if they are standing on shaky ground, as if the earth were no more than a thin skin under which a gigantic cauldron of blazing fire was blazing up. Every second, that thin skin bursts at some point, shooting copper-red lava toward the heavens with enormous force from out of the fissure. Strangled with fear, a few of them wonder what would happen if it suddenly opened up here, right here under my body, which snuggles so trustingly up against its coolness.
Oedipus Rex a Play Created to Purge Society of Unwanted Emotions
#Oedipus #Ancient Greece #Greek Theatre #Sophocles #Playwrights
From the play Oedipus Rex, the contemporary reader can draw conclusions about the political and social contexts of the time. The ancient Greeks believed the Gods were always present, and their actions were determined by them. Oedipus’s tragic fate is a perfect exemplar to the contemporary reader, of the beliefs of the fifth century ancient Athenians. This article highlights the political and social context surrounding the play and Aristotle’s view on the functions of theatre, through the various themes and symbols and the characteristics of Greek tragedy.
Thank you as always to Dr Mehmet Yildiz inviting me to join Illumination Curated
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