Aristotle and Black Drama
Rankine, Patrice D.
Aristotle and Black Drama a Theater of Civil Disobedience / [electronic resource] : Patrice D. Rankine. - Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Civil disobedience as resistance to tradition and performance -- Classical origins of character and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a negro, Electra, and Orestes -- The Oedipus story and the perfect play, or The gospel according to Rita Dove: The darker face of the earth and Sonata Mulattica: a life in five movements and a short play -- Racial intent and dramatic form: Eugene O'Neill's All Gods' chillun got wings and The Emperor Jones -- Aristotle's Spectacle and August Wilson's Spectacle character: Joe Turner's Come and gone -- Freedom songs and metaphors of healing: Eugene O'Neill's Mourning becomes Electra, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the sun, and Suzan-Lori Parks' Venus and Topdog/Underdog -- Truth and reconciliation: civil disobedience and the cosmopolitan citizen: Charles Smith's The gospel according to James, Thomas Bradshaw's Mary, David Mamet's Race, and Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park.
9781602584549 1602584540
Aristotle--Influence.
African American theater--History.
Comparative literature--Modern and classical.
Classicism in literature.
Civil disobedience in literature.
American drama--Classical influences.
African American aesthetics.
American drama--African American authors--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS338.N4 / R36 2013
812.009/896073
Aristotle and Black Drama a Theater of Civil Disobedience / [electronic resource] : Patrice D. Rankine. - Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Civil disobedience as resistance to tradition and performance -- Classical origins of character and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a negro, Electra, and Orestes -- The Oedipus story and the perfect play, or The gospel according to Rita Dove: The darker face of the earth and Sonata Mulattica: a life in five movements and a short play -- Racial intent and dramatic form: Eugene O'Neill's All Gods' chillun got wings and The Emperor Jones -- Aristotle's Spectacle and August Wilson's Spectacle character: Joe Turner's Come and gone -- Freedom songs and metaphors of healing: Eugene O'Neill's Mourning becomes Electra, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the sun, and Suzan-Lori Parks' Venus and Topdog/Underdog -- Truth and reconciliation: civil disobedience and the cosmopolitan citizen: Charles Smith's The gospel according to James, Thomas Bradshaw's Mary, David Mamet's Race, and Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park.
9781602584549 1602584540
Aristotle--Influence.
African American theater--History.
Comparative literature--Modern and classical.
Classicism in literature.
Civil disobedience in literature.
American drama--Classical influences.
African American aesthetics.
American drama--African American authors--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS338.N4 / R36 2013
812.009/896073