The roots of theatre :rethinking ritual and other theories of origin
- 作者: Rozik, Eli.
- 出版: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press ©2002.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xix, 362 pages) :illustrations.
- 叢書名: Studies in theatre history and culture
- 標題: Toneel. , Théâtre Origines. , PERFORMING ARTS , Theater , Origines. , Music, Dance, Drama & Film. , TheaterHistory & Criticism. , Rites et cérémonies. , PERFORMING ARTS Theater -- History & Criticism. , Riten. , Rites and ceremonies. , Théâtre , Theater Origin. , Religieuze aspecten. , Origin. , Drama. , Electronic books. , Electronic book.
- ISBN: 1587294265 , 9781587294266
- ISBN: 9781587295874 , 1587295873 , 0877458170 , 9780877458173
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index. THEORIES OF ORIGINS -- Basic Definitions -- The Ritual Origin of Tragedy -- The Ritual Origin of Comedy -- The Shamanistic Source -- The Recreation of Theatre by Christianity -- The Mummers' Plays -- The Adoption of Theatre by Judaism -- Back to Aristotle -- HEDGES AND BOUNDARIES -- Performance Theory -- The "Drama" of Real Life -- The Spirit of Carnival -- Culture as Play/Game -- A THEORY OF ROOTS -- The "Language" of Dreams -- Playing as Thinking -- Mythical Representation -- Retracing the Steps of History -- Reflections and Conclusions.
- 摘要: Publisher description: The topic of the origins of theatre is one of the most controversial in theatre studies, with a long history of heated discussions and strongly held positions. In The Roots of Theatre, Eli Rozik enters the debate in a feisty way, offering not just another challenge to those who place theatre's origins in ritual and religion but also an alternative theory of roots based on the cultural and psychological conditions that made the advent of theatre possible. Rozik grounds his study in a comprehensive review and criticism of each of the leading historical and anthropological theories. He believes that the quest for origins is essentially misleading because it does not provide any significant insight for our understanding of theatre. Instead, he argues that theatre, like music or dance, is a sui generis kind of human creativity a form of thinking and communication whose roots lie in the spontaneous image-making faculty of the human psyche. Rozik's broad approach to research lies with-in the boundaries of structuralism and semiotics, but he also utilizes additional disciplines such as psychoanalysis, neurology, sociology, play and game theory, science of religion, mythology, poetics, philosophy of language, and linguistics. In seeking the roots of theatre, what he ultimately defines is something substantial about the nature of creative thought--a rudimentary system of imagistic thinking and communication that lies in the set of biological, primitive, and infantile phenomena such as daydreaming, imaginative play, children's drawing, imitation, mockery (caricature, parody), storytelling, and mythmaking. The Roots of Theatre is a substantial contribution to theatre studies and is sure to generate immediate and long-term debate among theatre historians and enthusiasts alike.
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The topic of the origins of theatre is one of the most controversial in theatre studies, with a long history of heated discussions and strongly held positions. In The Roots of Theatre, Eli Rozik enters the debate in a feisty way, offering not just another challenge to those who place theatre’s origins in ritual and religion but also an alternative theory of roots based on the cultural and psychological conditions that made the advent of theatre possible. Rozik grounds his study in a comprehensive review and criticism of each of the leading historical and anthropological theories. He believes that the quest for origins is essentially misleading because it does not provide any significant insight for our understanding of theatre. Instead, he argues that theatre, like music or dance, is a sui generis kind of human creativity—a form of thinking and communication whose roots lie in the spontaneous image-making faculty of the human psyche. Rozik’s broad approach to research lies within the boundaries of structuralism and semiotics, but he also utilizes additional disciplines such as psychoanalysis, neurology, sociology, play and game theory, science of religion, mythology, poetics, philosophy of language, and linguistics. In seeking the roots of theatre, what he ultimately defines is something substantial about the nature of creative thought—a rudimentary system of imagistic thinking and communication that lies in the set of biological, primitive, and infantile phenomena such as daydreaming, imaginative play, children’s drawing, imitation, mockery (caricature, parody), storytelling, and mythmaking.
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