The roots of theatre :: rethinking ritual and other theories of origin /
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 wh...
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| Series: | Studies in theatre history and culture.
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| Summary: | 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. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 362 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1587294265 9781587294266 |
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| spelling | Rozik, Eli. The roots of theatre : rethinking ritual and other theories of origin / Eli Rozik. Roots of theater Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2002. 1 online resource (xix, 362 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Studies in theatre history and culture 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. 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. Print version record. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Theater Origin. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134540 Rites and ceremonies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114211 Drama. Music, Dance, Drama & Film. Théâtre Origines. Rites et cérémonies. ceremonies. aat rites. aat PERFORMING ARTS Theater History & Criticism. bisacsh Rites and ceremonies fast Theater Origin fast Toneel. gtt Riten. gtt Religieuze aspecten. gtt has work: The roots of theatre (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH46pHbd4K88jmYtxPdcdP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Rozik, Eli. Roots of theatre. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2002 0877458170 (DLC) 2002018925 (OCoLC)48942323 Studies in theatre history and culture. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90722875 |
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