Book Description
Providing an interpretation of the modern theatre, this is a new edition of a classic work of drama criticism.
Author : Albert Bermel
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 28,42 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780810114418
Providing an interpretation of the modern theatre, this is a new edition of a classic work of drama criticism.
Author : Nathan Bransford
Publisher : Nathan Bransford
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 173414940X
Author and former literary agent Nathan Bransford shares his secrets for creating killer plots, fleshing out your first ideas, crafting compelling characters, and staying sane in the process. Read the guide that New York Times bestselling author Ransom Riggs called "The best how-to-write-a-novel book I've read."
Author : Becca Puglisi
Publisher : JADD Publishing
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 49,91 MB
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1736152300
Every story starts with a character who is motivated by a need and has a goal that can resolve it. Whether their objective is to find a life partner, bring a killer to justice, overthrow a cruel regime, or something else, conflict transforms a story premise into something fresh. Physical obstacles, adversaries, moral dilemmas, deep-seated doubts and personal struggles…these not only block a character’s external progress, they become a gateway for internal growth. The right conflict will build tension and high stakes, challenge characters as they traverse their arcs, and most importantly, keep readers emotionally invested from beginning to end. Inside Volume 1 of The Conflict Thesaurus, you’ll find: * A myriad of conflict options in the form of relationship friction, failures and mistakes, moral dilemmas and temptations, pressure and ticking clocks, and no-win scenarios * An analysis of each scenario that maps out possible complications and catastrophes, internal struggles, and the stressful impacts on a character’s basic human needs * Guidance on using conflict to influence your protagonist's character arc through opportunities for failure and success * Master class instruction on internal conflict: what it is, why it's important, and how to incorporate it at the scene and story levels * Information about the role conflict plays in generating high stakes that are personally significant to the character, upping the tension for readers * A breakdown of the various adversaries your character might encounter along the way Don't give your character a break. Keep the hits coming with a variety of obstacles that will force them to work harder to get what they want. With over 100 entries arranged in a user-friendly format, The Conflict Thesaurus is the guide you need to write intense and satisfying fiction readers won’t forget.
Author : Kwi-ja Yang
Publisher : Cornell East Asia Series
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Yang Gui-ja is one of Korea's major literary figures of the last generation, with a succession of literary prizes and best-sellers to her credit. Her most representative early work, the 1987 Wonmi-dong saramdeul, is available in English as A Distant and Beautiful Place. In the 1990s her writing took an increasingly personal turn with a series of popular works including Contradictions (Mosun), South Korea's best-selling novel in 1998. Contradictions is a coming-of-age tale that explores the paradoxes and contradictions of the human condition and delves into the meaning of personal happiness. The book opens with a moment of epiphany as the main character An Jin-jin awakens to the realization that her entire energy must be devoted to her own life. She struggles over whom to marry with an awareness of consequences gleaned from seeing the divergence in the lives of twin sisters--her mother and her aunt. A host of binary oppositions is also presented in the lives of the men around her: a wannabe gang boss brother, an Ivy League cousin, an alcoholic schizophrenic father, a steadfast but rigid uncle, and her two suitors. Yang skillfully develops these characters in increasingly complex threads as the novel unfolds in a series of surprises.
Author : Abraham Aaron Roback
Publisher :
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 38,86 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Character
ISBN :
Author : Albert Bermel
Publisher :
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948
ISBN :
Author : Michael Manheim
Publisher : P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques Internationales
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 31,35 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
This close study of selected plays by four of the greatest early modern playwrights, namely Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov and O'Neill, examines how these plays challenge long-standing traditions and assumptions of nineteenth-century theatre and reassert serious drama's place in great literature. The book studies the chief characters from some of the best-known plays of each playwright, recognizing that what gives them strength as artistic creations and makes them so memorable is the essential contradiction at the core of each figure. Michael Manheim explores the complexity of such characters as Ibsen's Peer Gynt and Hedda Gabler, Strindberg's Miss Julie, Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and Dr. Chebutykin, and the members of O'Neill's Tyrone family.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 47,57 MB
Release : 1831
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : Frank Elmer Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,33 MB
Release : 1916
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Berit Gordon
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,32 MB
Release : 2017-07-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 1506365523
This ground-breaking book combines the benefits of classic literature with the motivational power of choice reading to create vibrant reading environments.