Dynamics of distancing in Nigerian drama : a functional approach to metatheatre /
Nadia Anwar analyzes selected post-independence Nigerian dramas using the conceptual framework of metatheatre, a theatrical strategy that foregrounds the process of play-making by breaking the dramatic illusion. She argues that distancing, as a function of metatheatre, creates a balanced theatrical...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Anwar, Nadia. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Dynamics of distancing in Nigerian drama : |b a functional approach to metatheatre / |c Nadia Anwar. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preliminaries; Chapter 1 Distancing through Metatheatre; A. Distancing: A Dramatic Imperative; 1.1 Bertolt Brecht and Distancing; 1.2 Thomas J. Scheff and Optimum Distancing; B. Metatheatre and Dramatic Distancing; 1.3 Metatheatre: Conceptual Significance with regard to Distancing; 1.4 Metatheatre: A Theoretical History; C. Nigerian Metatheatre: An Under-researched Field; Chapter 2 Metatheatre and its Distancing Function in Nigerian Drama; 2.1 Metatheatrical Techniques in Nigerian Drama; 2.2 Post-Independence Nigerian Playwrights. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2.3 Pre-independence Theatre in Nigeria2.3.1 Egungun Masqueradesâ#x80;#x94;A Yoruba Masking Tradition; 2.3.2 Mmonwu Masqueradesâ#x80;#x94;An Igbo Masking Tradition; Chapter 3 Metatheatricality in Wole Soyinkaâ#x80;#x99;s Death and the Kingâ#x80;#x99;s Horseman and King Baabu; 3.1 Death and the Kingâ#x80;#x99;s Horseman; 3.1.1 Derivative Narratives as Strategies of Disruption; 3.1.2 Metatheatricality at Micro Level; 3.1.3 Double Performative Illusions; 3.2 King Baabu; 3.2.1 Intertextuality as a Source of Metatheatricality; 3.2.2 Structural Metatheatricality in King Baabu. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 4 Manipulating Distance through Historical Metatheatre: The Case of Ola Rotimiâ#x80;#x99;s Kurunmi and Hopes of the Living Dead4.1 Reality versus Dramatic Illusion; 4.2 Emotions versus Intellect in Rotimiâ#x80;#x99;s Dramaturgy; 4.3 Kurunmiâ#x80;#x94;an Historical tragedy; 4.3.1 Metatheatricality and Rotimiâ#x80;#x99;s Historical Projections; 4.3.2 Metatheatricality through Identification Control; 4.3.3 Reporting and Proverbs as Metatheatrical Devices; 4.4 Hopes of the Living Deadâ#x80;#x94;A Drama of Struggle; 4.4.1 Metatheatricality through the Creation of a Micro-World; 4.4.2 Balancing the Ideal and the Common. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 5 Femi Osofisanâ#x80;#x99;s Subversive Metatheatre in The Chattering and the Song and Women of Owu5.1 Explicit Metatheatricality in Osofisanâ#x80;#x99;s Plays; 5.2 The Significance of Open-Ended Denouements; 5.3 The Chattering and the Song; 5.3.1 Theatrical Framing through Play-Within-the-Play; 5.3.2 Role-Switching through Iwori Otura; 5.3.3 Role-Playing within the Play; 5.4 Women of Owu; 5.4.1 Textual Frames as Historical Palimpsests; 5.4.2 Changing Perceptions through Shifting Foci. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 6 Revolutionizing the Metatheatrical Space: Esiaba Irobiâ#x80;#x99;s Hangmen Also Die and Stella â#x80;#x98;Dia Oyedepoâ#x80;#x99;s A Play That Was Never to Be6.1 Esiaba Irobiâ#x80;#x99;s Radical Postulates; 6.2 Hangmen Also Die; 6.2.1 Double Framing through Analepsis; 6.2.2 Foreshadowing as a Device of Metatheatrical Distraction; 6.2.3 Frames of Defiance and Devices of Disruption; 6.3 Stella â#x80;#x98;Dia Oyedepoâ#x80;#x99;s Theatrical Reformulations; 6.4 A Play That Was Never To Be; 6.4.1 The Play-within-the-Theatre; 6.4.2 Dramatic Self-Reflexivity; Conclusion; Appendix-I; Appendix-II; Appendix-III; Bibliography; Index. | |
| 520 | |a Nadia Anwar analyzes selected post-independence Nigerian dramas using the conceptual framework of metatheatre, a theatrical strategy that foregrounds the process of play-making by breaking the dramatic illusion. She argues that distancing, as a function of metatheatre, creates a balanced theatrical experience and environment in terms of the emotive and cognitive levels of reception of a particular performance. Anwar's book is the first in-depth study to apply the concept of metatheatre to Nigerian drama. She brings the perspectives of Bertolt Brecht, Thomas J. Scheff, and other theoreticians o. | ||
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