Author: Franz KafkaPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Franz Kafka's The Trial
Author: Paul M. MalonePublisher: Frankfurt am Main : P. Lang
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"The low critical opinion of dramatic adaptations of prose works makes clear that the dramatic text is widely seen as unable to compete with the narrative text that it adapts. Privileging the text of a play as the site of meaning is inadequate, however, given the social nature of theatre; rather, the socio-historical context of a production must be investigated to flesh out the meaning of the text in dramatic production. In this study, four theatrical adaptations of Franz Kafka's novel The Trial (1925) from different decades and countries, and in three different languages, illustrate a history not only of Kafka reception, but also of society, politics and theatrical practice in western Europe and Canada. The diversity of these visions of Kafka's work pleads for the acceptance of dramatic adaptation as a creative form of interpretation, rather than as an ill-advised misappropriation, of its source."
Steven Berkoff and the Theatre of Self-Performance
Author: Robert CrossPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719062544
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Steven Berkoff is a playwright, director and actor largely disregarded by theater scholars. Since the 1960s, however, this notorious Cockney enfant terrible and "scourge of the Shakespeare industry" has left an imprint on modern British theatre that has been as impossible to ignore as his in-your-face stage presence. Steven Berkoff and the Theatre of Self-Performance, the first thorough and in-depth study of this contentious artist, examines the wide-ranging strategies adopted by Berkoff in the construction and projection of his larger-than-life public persona.
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Author: Otis Love Guernsey (Jr.)In the Penal Colony
Author: Christian KrauspePublisher:
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Category : Stage adaptations
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
"In the penal colony" is a three-act play based on the original short story by Franz Kafka and adapted by ASU MFA playwright Christian Krauspe. Told in flashback-form; a lone female Traveler arrives at a nameless penal colony where she is asked to comment on an old execution device known simply as, "the apparatus." She is pressured by the colonies administration to condone the practice while simultaneously asked to endorse the machine by her guiding officer in hopes of preserving the mystical powers the apparatus seems to possess. The Traveler must make the choice to endorse or condone the machine while she faces her own demons in the process.
Author: Steven BerkoffEuropean Specialist Publishers Directory
Author: Sarah M. HallPublisher: Gale Cengage
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
This reference provides information on European companies publishing valuable new books on subjects such bibliography, natural science, Middle Eastern studies, the environment and other areas not covered by more general publishers. It covers 4000 specialized European publishers in 25 countries, including the EEC and the rest of Europe, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Entries are arranged alphabetically under one or more of 50 specialized areas, including architecture and design, education and textbooks, science fiction and women's studies. Details provided include: complete contact information; ownership; imprints; distributors; number of employees; number of titles published each year; and language(s) of publication.
Kafka
Author: William J. DoddPublisher: Longman Publishing Group
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Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Kafka is one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century literature; a wide international readership and the subject of a long and continuing critical debate. William Dodd concentrates on the two major novels, The Trial and The Castle, providing in-depth examination of these works. This collection of sixteen essays covers the full spectrum of modern perspectives, from humanism to feminist responses and cultural analysis that reflects both German and Anglo-Saxon approaches. The text contains a general introduction, including a bibliographical outline and an overview of the critical debate, contextualising the modern contributions. There is also a section concerned with the early responses to Kafka's work, many published for the first time in English, and a detailed glossary of critical terms.
