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History and Drama of Modern Greek Theater 16th-20th century
Authors: Tampaki, Anna
Georgopoulou, Varvara
Altouva, Alexia
Diakoumopoulou, Katerina
Reviewer: Athini, Stesi
Subject: HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > DRAMA
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > DRAMA > COMEDY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > DRAMA > TRAGEDY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > PROSE > SCRIPTS > PLAY SCRIPTS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > ARTS > ARTISTS > PERFORMERS > ACTORS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > ARTS > ARTISTS > THEATRE DIRECTORS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PERFORMING ARTS > THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PERFORMING ARTS > THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS > THEATRE
Keywords:
Theatre of Cretan Renaissance
Ionian Theatre
Modern Greek Enlightenment
Pre-Revolutionary Theatre
National Greek Theatre
Generation of the '80s
Musical Theatre
Star-System
Urban Drama
Historical Drama
Interwar Theatre
Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun
Ancient Drama
Post-war Theatre
Athens Epidaurus Festival
Vanguard Companies
Theatre in Exile
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Abstract:
This book, the result of a long research and teaching experience of the authors, seeks to fill a basic gap, as it will approach the history and dramaturgy of modern Greek theatre in a combined and chronological way. In a relatively short chapter entitled "Instead of Introduction" we proceed to an overview of the topic of whether there was a theatre in Byzantium. In the fifteen (15) chapters-sections that follow, the historical conditions, the cultural peculiarities of each period, the reception of Western currents from the late Cretan Renaissance to the third half of the 20th century, the translation activity and the original dramaturgy are presented concisely. Important writers, and plays that constitute a breakthrough are analysed, as well as the conditions for the consolidation of stage practice up to the foundation of the professional theatre. The book mentions phenomena that mark the turning point of the 19th century, such as the birth of theatre criticism, the phenomenon of the female star system and the emergence of stage direction in the early 20th century, the establishment of state theatres in Athens and Thessaloniki, and finally, the flourishing of commercial theatre. In the late 19th and 20th centuries, ideological issues were approached, such as the search for Greekness, the dialogue with antiquity, and aesthetic trends, such as modernism and the avant-garde of the interwar period. The turbulent period of the Occupation and the Resistance, and the post-war Spring are equally developed, as they are reflected in the theatrical scene, where, apart from radical political initiatives (“the Mountain Theatre”), the modern Greek theatre meets with pioneering Western currents and genres (e.g. American theatre, theatre of the absurd) but also emerging the modern Greek plays through notable Greek play writers. The structure of each chapter contains the historical and social context, the dramatic literature (dramatic genres, authors, plays), extracts from typical plays, and an Epilogue with supporting texts (prologues, critiques, links to audiovisual material, etc.). Bibliography and Self-assessment Exercises follow.
Linguistic Editors: Ntafos, Vaios
Graphic Editors: Meimaroglou, Antonis
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 28-06-2023
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-040-9
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-272
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/9898
Bibliographic Reference: Tampaki, A., Georgopoulou, V., Altouva, A., & Diakoumopoulou, K. (2023). History and Drama of Modern Greek Theater 16th-20th century [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-272
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Instead of Introduction
2. Theatre of Cretan Renaissance
3. Ionian Theatre
4. Jesuit Theatre on the Islands of the Aegean Sea
5. The Theatre of the Enlightenment - I
6. The Theatre of the Enlightenment - II The Pre-Revolutionary Theatre (until 1830)
7. The post-revolutionary period and the demand for the creation of a "national theatre"
8. The constitution of the professional theatre
9. The 80s generation and the new currents of ideas in Bel-Epoc Athens
10. The beginnings of the 20th century: The emergence of stage direction
11. Interwar: Eclectic transitions
12. The search for Greekness or the new faces of tradition
13. Attempts at modernization and the search for the avant-garde
14. Vanguard and Resistance: The 1940s
15. The post-war theatre: The 1950s
16. The theatre in the period 1960-1967
Number of pages 516
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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