The Metacultural Theater Of Oh Tae Sok

Author : Oh T'ae-sok
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824821586
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metacultural Theater of Oh T'ae-sŏk written by Oh T'ae-sok and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1999-05-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here for the first time are translations of five plays by Oh T'ae-sok, Korea's leading playwright and one of the most original dramatists and stage-directors working in Asia today. Drawing inspiration from both East and West and combining styles as disparate as ancient Korean masked dance-drama and contemporary avant-garde theater, these plays range from raucous comedy to historical tragedy, from explorations of the impact of the Korean War to bitter satires of modern Korean life. A stunning visual storyteller, Oh mines Korea's cultural and theatrical traditions--not to preserve them but to interrogate them in light of present social conditions and to reconstruct a new theatrical form that challenges both old and current conventions alike. His metacultural theater investigates "Koreaness" from the perspectives of many different cultures, while at the same time probing the meaning of culture itself.

Author : Heekyoung Cho
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000539644
Total Pages : 1037 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Korean Literature written by Heekyoung Cho and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 1037 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Korean Literature consists of 35 chapters written by leaders in the field, who explore significant topics and who have pioneered innovative approaches. The collection highlights the most dynamic current scholarship on Korean literature, presenting rigorous literary analysis, interdisciplinary methodologies, and transregional thinking so as to provide a valuable and inspiring resource for researchers and students alike. This Companion has particular significance as the most extensive collection to date of English-language articles on Korean literature; it both offers a thorough intellectual engagement with current scholarship and addresses a broad range of topics and time periods, from premodern to contemporary. It will contribute to an understanding of literature as part of a broad sociocultural process that aims to put the field into conversation with other fields of study in the humanities and social sciences. While presenting rigorous and innovative academic research that will be useful to graduate students and researchers, the chapters in the collection are written to be accessible to the average upper-level undergraduate student and include only minimal use of academic jargon. In an effort to provide substantially helpful material for researching, teaching, and learning Korean literature, this Companion includes as an appendix an extensive list of English translations of Korean literature.

Author : Simon C. Estok
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100033371X
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mushroom Clouds written by Simon C. Estok and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-28 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mushroom Clouds: Ecocritical Approaches to Militarization and the Environment in East Asia examines the growing significance of the eco-implications of the increasing militarism of East Asia. As a transcultural image and metaphor, mushroom clouds signify anthropogenic violence and destruction, as exemplified by wars and nuclear bombings. Immediately evoking memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the mushroom clouds metaphor has deep roots and implications in East Asia, and this volume explores these roots and implications from the perspectives of a variety of scholars and artists from different parts of East Asia. The chapters that comprise Mushroom Clouds respond to the increasingly dangerous developments in the world that led up to and have occurred since the 2016 presidential election of Donald Trump, developments that threaten the stability of the region and the world. In the wake of the 70th anniversary of the division of Korea, increasing attention has been focused on the legacy of the Cold War, on the one hand, and on the continuing militarization of East Asia, on the other. After the nuclear bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, after the truce across the 38th parallel, after the shelling of Kinmen and Matsu, East Asia became (and remains) one of the most densely militarized regions in the world. Under the shadow of war, however, the concern about environmental impacts has been growing, not only in social discourse but also in literature and the visual arts. The first of its kind, Mushroom Clouds gathers ecocritics from East Asia to examine issues such as militarization, militarized islands, military tourism, military villages, post-war environments, nuclear accidents, and the demilitarized sone (DMZ) wildlife, among others, in East Asia.

Author : Alexa Alice Joubin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191082074
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and East Asia written by Alexa Alice Joubin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structured around modes in which one might encounter Asian-themed performances and adaptations, Shakespeare and East Asia identifies four themes that distinguish post-1950s East Asian cinemas and theatres from works in other parts of the world: Japanese formalistic innovations in sound and spectacle; reparative adaptations from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong; the politics of gender and reception of films and touring productions in South Korea and the UK; and multilingual, diaspora works in Singapore and the UK. These adaptations break new ground in sound and spectacle; they serve as a vehicle for artistic and political remediation or, in some cases, the critique of the myth of reparative interpretations of literature; they provide a forum where diasporic artists and audiences can grapple with contemporary issues; and, through international circulation, they are reshaping debates about the relationship between East Asia and Europe. Bringing film and theatre studies together, this book sheds new light on the two major genres in a comparative context and reveals deep structural and narratological connections among Asian and Anglophone performances. These adaptations are products of metacinematic and metatheatrical operations, contestations among genres for primacy, or experimentations with features of both film and theatre.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asian Theatre Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 958 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Newsreview written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mi-wŏn Yi
Publisher : 연극과인간
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Korean Theatre written by Mi-wŏn Yi and published by 연극과인간. This book was released on 2000 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Oh-Kon Cho
Publisher : Jain Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0895818418
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Korean Theatre written by Oh-Kon Cho and published by Jain Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-02-18 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Korean Theatre: From Rituals to the Avant-Garde is the most comprehensive book on Korean theatre which covers from ancient rituals to the modern theatre. It is an essential book for anyone who is interested in theatre or Korean theatre . . . The research that went in to make this book possible can only be described as phenomenal." Alyssa Kim, Ph.D. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies "The book has a clear, understandable organization. Professor Cho’s prose is succinct, readable, and void of fashionable academic jargon. I find the chapter beginning-historical context very useful, most especially those surrounding and shaping Korean theatre since the ‘50s. The early chapters on masked-dance plays and puppet theatre provide important information about Korean culture and the later chapters on Madanggŭk and North Korean proletarian drama shed light on area little known or understood by Western students of Korea. This book promises to be a singular contribution to English-language materials on Korean theatre, one written by a scholar with an encyclopedic knowledge of his subject." Richard Nichols, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of Theatre Pennsylvania State University

Author : Rose Arny
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 882 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Samuel L. Leiter
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre: O-Z written by Samuel L. Leiter and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys traditional and contemporary Asian theatre through hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 90 expert contributors.