Ausgewählte Dramen


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The Early Modern Cultures of Neo-Latin Drama


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'From ca. 1300 a new genre developed in European literature, Neo-Latin drama. Building on medieval drama, vernacular theatre and classical drama, it spread around Europe. It was often used as a means to educate young boys in Latin, in acting and in moral issues. Comedies, tragedies and mixed forms were written. The Societas Jesu employed Latin drama in their education and public relations on a large scale. They had borrowed the concept of this drama from the humanist and Protestant gymnasia, and perfected it to a multi media show. However, the genre does not receive the attention that it deserves. In this volume, a historical overview of this genre is given, as well as analyses of separate plays.'--From publisher's website.




Handbook of East German Drama, 1945-1985


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This is the first complete compilation of all stage works (dramas, comedies, juvenile theater, puppet plays, pantomime, libretti for operas, operettas, and musicals) written in the German Democratic Republic since 1945. It provides biographic sketches for some 700 authors, as well as information on sources, composers, co-authors, pseudonyms, first performance data, and bibliographic material for about 3000 plays. English translations of all titles are provided, as is an alphabetical title index.










Ausgewählte Werke


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No Man's Land


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The political events of "annus mirabilis" 1989 marked a rare turning point in world history, but the significance of the year for German literary history is unique. As the 40-year-old German Democratic Republic ceased to exist, so too did the special circumstances which had fostered a literature separate from and in competition with that of the Federal Republic of Germany. A new period of literary history was delimited almost overnight: Germany Democratic Republic literature now was something to be examined as a whole, cultural movement. At the same time, the literary traditions of the German Democratic Republic have continued to influence the contemporary cultural scene, often in ways that are only gradually becoming clear. The essays, memoirs, and plays collected in this special issue of Contemporary Theatre Review represent an early attempt to assess and reassess one of the German Democratic Republic's richest cultural domains: its theatre. Contributors include David W. Robinson, C




Female Roles in East German Drama, 1949-1977


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Female roles are analyzed in terms of their function within the dramatic structure of each play and in relation to a changing social and cultural backcloth. Since the fourteen (male) authors are considered chronologically, the work affords both an introduction to the method of each dramatist and also a commentary on the development of literary and political approaches, from the foundation of the GDR until the mid-seventies. Female characters move into more diverse roles as they are increasingly defined by their own employment, political commitment and sexuality. The symbolic use of female characters as lovers, mothers and moral pedagogues, which derives from older traditions, is sustained, but with significant changes in the social expression of these roles.