From Metaphor to Direct Speech: Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory by Weygandt, E. Susanna
From Metaphor to Direct Speech: Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory by Weygandt, E. Susanna

From Metaphor to Direct Speech: Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory

New Drama--a collection of actors, directors, and playwrights in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus--is one of the most...
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Author: E. Susanna Weygandt
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From Metaphor to Direct Speech: Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory by Weygandt, E. Susanna

From Metaphor to Direct Speech: Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory

$388.06
From Metaphor to Direct Speech: Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory by Weygandt, E. Susanna

From Metaphor to Direct Speech: Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory

$388.06
Author: E. Susanna Weygandt
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
New Drama--a collection of actors, directors, and playwrights in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus--is one of the most active and vibrant artistic movements in the Russophone world today yet remains understudied in the West. E. Susanna Weygandt demonstrates that the major innovation of New Drama is a sonic turn, an aesthetic development that moves away from traditional, Stanislavskian embodied performance to something almost purely aural. New Drama, which began in the tumult following the collapse of the Soviet Union and continues even in an increasingly censorious Russia today, emphasizes contemporary social issues and privileges disadvantaged voices, using documentary modes to literally bring the voices of the dispossessed to the ears of the audience members.

As a result, the Russophone New Dramatists speak dissent and dramatize resistance. Ultimately, they shift theatrical productions from something constrained and limited, in both place and time, to an ephemeral but unbounded gateway for social activism. The sonic stage thus effectively functions as a social forum, transposing action from the actors to the audience. From Metaphor to Direct Speech therefore contributes to cultural as well as performance studies, offering a compelling look not just at developments in theatrical modes but also at dissent and cultural aesthetics in Russia today.

Author: E. Susanna Weygandt
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 02/18/2025
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780299351403

About the Author
E. Susanna Weygandt, a visiting assistant professor of Russian at Sewanee: The University of the South, is a coeditor (with Maksim Hanukai) of New Russian Drama: An Anthology. Her research has been published in the Russian Review, Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema, TDR: The Drama Review, and elsewhere.


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