The Transparency of the Text : Contemporary Writing for the Stage, Donia MOUNSEF et Josette FÉRAL (dir.)

MOUNSEF, Donia et Josette FÉRAL [dir.], The Transparency of the Text: Contemporary Writing for the Stage

New Haven, Yale University Press (Yale French Studies), 2007, 184 p.
ISBN 9780300118193
ISBN-10 0300118198


TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Josette Féral & Donia Mounsef      
Editors' Preface: The Transparency of the Text


Part I: Avant and Après Garde

Tom Bishop
Whatever Happened to the Avant-Garde?

Jean-Pierre Ryngaert
Paroles en lambeaux et écritures d'entreparleurs

Bernadette Bost
Beyond Drama: Total Theater

Ariane Eissen
Myth in Contemporary French Theater: A Negotiable Legacy

Josette Féral
Language Crossings: The Unspoken Must Be Said


Part II: (Under)writing the Stage

David Bradby
Michel Vinaver: From Writing to Staging

Donia Mounsef
The Language of Desire and the Desire for Language in the Theatre of Koltès and Cixous

Clare Finburgh
Voix/Voie/Vie: The Voice in Contemporary French Theatre

Mary Noonan
L'Art de l'écrit s'incarnant: The Theatre of Noëlle Renaude


Part III: Disputed Textualities

Judith Miller
Is There A Specifically Francophone African Stage Textuality?

Sylvie Chalaye
Contemporary Francophone Writings for the Theater from Africa and the West Indies

Yves Jubinville
Death and Birth of the Author: Toward a New History of Québécois Playwriting

Philippa Wehle
“Waiting for the Next Big Thing”: Why Do American Audiences Have Such Difficulty with Contemporary French Playwrights?