| Radical Theatricality: Jongleuresque Performance on the Early Spanish Stage Contributor(s): Burningham, Bruce R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557534411 ISBN-13: 9781557534415 Publisher: Purdue University Press OUR PRICE: $43.51 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: Radical Theatricality argues that our narrow search for extant medieval play scripts depends entirely on a definition of theater far more literary than performative. This literary definition pushes aside some of our best evidence of Spain's medieval performance traditions precisely because this evidence is considered either intangible or "un-dramatic" (that is, monologic). By focusing on the dialogic relationship that inherently exists between performer and spectator in performance -rather than on the kind of literary dialogue between characters traditionally associated with drama- Radical Theatricality diachronically examines the performative poetics of the jongleuresque tradition (broadly defined to encompass such disparate performers as ancient Greek rhapsodes and contemporary Nobel Laureate Dario Fo) and synchronically traces its performative impact on the Spanish theater of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: 792.094 |
| LCCN: 2006026138 |
| Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.06" W x 9.02" (0.95 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - Spanish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Radical Theatricality argues that our narrow search for extant medieval play scripts depends entirely on a definition of theater far more literary than performative. This literary definition pushes aside some of our best evidence of Spain's medieval performance traditions precisely because this evidence is considered either intangible or un-dramatic (that is, monologic). By focusing on the dialogic relationship that inherently exists between performer and spectator in performance -rather than on the kind of literary dialogue between characters traditionally associated with drama- Radical Theatricality diachronically examines the performative poetics of the jongleuresque tradition (broadly defined to encompass such disparate performers as ancient Greek rhapsodes and contemporary Nobel Laureate Dario Fo) and synchronically traces its performative impact on the Spanish theater of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. |