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No and Kyogen in the Contemporary World / ed. by James R. Brandon.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824863753
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.0952
LOC classification:
  • PN2924.5.N6 N525 1997
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- PART I: Values of Nō and Kyōgen in Contemporary Society -- Introduction -- Expanding Nō’s Horizons: Considerations for a New Nō Perspective -- Yūgen after Zeami -- The Waki-Shite Relationship in Nō -- PART II: Adaptation of Nō and Kyōgen to Contemporary Audiences -- Introduction -- A Return to Essence through Misconception: From Zeami to Hisao -- Nō Changes -- Dialogue and Monologue in Nō -- PART III: Encounters with the West -- Introduction -- Experiments in Kyōgen -- Contemporary Audiences and the Pilgrimage to Nō -- Teaching the Paradox of Nō -- Pidgin-Creole Performance Experiment and the Emerging Entre-Garde -- Index
Summary: How do classical, highly codified theatre arts retain the interest of today's audiences and how do they grow and respond to their changing circumstances? The eight essays presented here examine the contemporary relevance and significance of the "classic" No and Kyogen theatre to Japan and the West. They explore the theatrical experience from many perspectives--those of theatre, music, dance, art, literature, linguistics, philosophy, religion, history and sociology.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- PART I: Values of Nō and Kyōgen in Contemporary Society -- Introduction -- Expanding Nō’s Horizons: Considerations for a New Nō Perspective -- Yūgen after Zeami -- The Waki-Shite Relationship in Nō -- PART II: Adaptation of Nō and Kyōgen to Contemporary Audiences -- Introduction -- A Return to Essence through Misconception: From Zeami to Hisao -- Nō Changes -- Dialogue and Monologue in Nō -- PART III: Encounters with the West -- Introduction -- Experiments in Kyōgen -- Contemporary Audiences and the Pilgrimage to Nō -- Teaching the Paradox of Nō -- Pidgin-Creole Performance Experiment and the Emerging Entre-Garde -- Index

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How do classical, highly codified theatre arts retain the interest of today's audiences and how do they grow and respond to their changing circumstances? The eight essays presented here examine the contemporary relevance and significance of the "classic" No and Kyogen theatre to Japan and the West. They explore the theatrical experience from many perspectives--those of theatre, music, dance, art, literature, linguistics, philosophy, religion, history and sociology.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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