Sam Shepard and the Aesthetics of Performance
by
E. Creedon
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
What is Theatre?
ISBN-10
113753057X
ISBN-13
9781137530578
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 22nd, 2015
Print length
199 Pages
Weight
400 grams
Dimensions
22.50 x 14.70 x 1.80 cms
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By concentrating on Sam Shepard's visual aesthetics, Emma Creedon argues that a consideration of Shepard's plays in the context of visual and theoretical Surrealism illuminates our understanding of his experimental approach to drama.
This book argues that a consideration of Sam Shepard''s plays in the context of visual and theoretical Surrealism significantly succours our understanding of his experimental approach. Emma Creedon''s study reveals how Shepard''s plays rely on a veneer of realism that the playwright then actively exploits and rejects. In this mode, these plays indicate a sophisticated deconstruction of American realism and a manipulation of dramatic conventions; moreover, the incantatory functioning of his dramatic language reveals the influence of such Surrealists as Antonin Artaud. Indeed, this, along with his long admiration for and textual references to Samuel Beckett''s plays, positions him as a dramatist working within the European tradition of Absurdism.
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