The theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous: a critical study of the Syrian playwright and public intellectual

The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous is the first book in English to provide a clear sense of the significance and complexity of Wannous' life and work. It is unique in bringing cross-disciplinary scholarship on Wannous together and aligning it with cultural practice and memory by including co...

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Other Authors: Mejcher-Atassi, Sonja 1972- (Editor), Myers, Robert ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021
Series:Cambridge studies in modern theatre
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Summary:The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous is the first book in English to provide a clear sense of the significance and complexity of Wannous' life and work. It is unique in bringing cross-disciplinary scholarship on Wannous together and aligning it with cultural practice and memory by including contributions from leading academics as well as renowned cultural figures from the Arab world. This volume should be of interest to literary and theatre studies scholars, cultural historians, theatre practitioners and anyone who cares about contemporary theatre, Syria and the Arab world. Collectively, the contributions demonstrate the role of cultural production - especially dramatic literature - in providing a portrait of and shaping a culture in the throes of profound transformation
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Wannous, Syrian and world drama / Marvin Carlson -- Wannous and Brecht : the playwright as political activist / Robert Myers and Nada Saab -- Keeping silent, or the silence that kept Wannous / Zeina G. Halabi -- The failure of revolutionary humanism : reading Wannous with Fanon / Friederike Pannewick -- Historiography as resistance in the later plays of Wannous / Edward Ziter -- Rituals transformed : Wannous, intercultural translation, and the widening gyre / Margaret Litvin -- Speaking the unspeakable : on directing Wannous / Sahar Assaf -- Conversation with contemporary playwright Mohammad Al Attar / Mohammad Al-Attar -- Unpacking Wannous' library / Sonja Mejcher-Atassi -- A student of theatre in Paris / Farouk Mardam-Bey -- Grammar of life and death / Elias Khoury -- Be what you want to be / Dima Wannous
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 233 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108973182
DOI:10.1017/9781108973182

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