Dramatic Disgust
Aesthetic Theory and Practice from Sophocles to Sarah Kane
Aesthetic disgust is a key component of most classic works of drama because it has much more potential than to simply shock the audience. This first extensive study on dramatic disgust places this sensation among pity and fear as one of the core emotions that can achieve katharsis in drama. The book sets out in antiquity and traces the history of dramatic disgust through Kant, Freud, and Kristeva to Sarah Kane's in-yer-face theatre. It establishes a framework to analyze forms and functions of disgust in drama by investigating its different cognates (miasma, abjection, etc.). Providing a concise argument against critics who have discredited aesthetic disgust as juvenile attention-grabbing, Sarah J. Ablett explains how this repulsive emotion allows theatre to dig deeper into what it means to be human.
Aesthetic disgust is a key component of most classic works of drama because it has much more potential than to simply shock the audience. This first extensive study on dramatic disgust places this sensation among pity and fear as one of the core emotions that can achieve katharsis in drama. The book sets out in antiquity and traces the history of dramatic disgust through Kant, Freud, and Kristeva to Sarah Kane's in-yer-face theatre. It establishes a framework to analyze forms and functions of disgust in drama by investigating its different cognates (miasma, abjection, etc.). Providing a concise argument against critics who have discredited aesthetic disgust as juvenile attention-grabbing, Sarah J. Ablett explains how this repulsive emotion allows theatre to dig deeper into what it means to be human.
| Autor: | Ablett, Sarah J. |
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| ISBN: | 9783837652109 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Veröffentlicht: | 30.07.2020 |
| Untertitel: | Aesthetic Theory and Practice from Sophocles to Sarah Kane |
| Schlagworte: | Abjection Aesthetic Theory Aesthetics American literature in English Culture and institutions Disgust Drama English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures German literature and literatures of related languages History of Theatre Literary Studies Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft Literature Philosophie Ästhetik Philosophy Philosophy and psychology Philosophy and theory Recreational and performing arts Sarah Kane Sociology Stage presentations The arts Theater, Tanz Theaterwissenschaft Theatre Theatre Studies Theory of art Ästhetik |
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