03289nam 2200697Ia 450 991077974450332120230803021028.01-4813-0003-21-60258-454-0(CKB)2550000001096523(EBL)1250537(SSID)ssj0000916644(PQKBManifestationID)11526350(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916644(PQKBWorkID)10876686(PQKB)10810696(MiAaPQ)EBC1250537(OCoLC)852899317(MdBmJHUP)muse24879(Au-PeEL)EBL1250537(CaPaEBR)ebr10732080(CaONFJC)MIL503055(EXLCZ)99255000000109652320121218d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAristotle and black drama[electronic resource] a theater of civil disobedience /Patrice D. RankineWaco, Texas Baylor University Press20131 online resource (271 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60258-452-4 1-299-71804-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Civil disobedience as resistance to tradition and performance -- Classical origins of character and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a negro, Electra, and Orestes -- The Oedipus story and the perfect play, or The gospel according to Rita Dove: The darker face of the earth and Sonata Mulattica: a life in five movements and a short play -- Racial intent and dramatic form: Eugene O'Neill's All Gods' chillun got wings and The Emperor Jones -- Aristotle's Spectacle and August Wilson's Spectacle character: Joe Turner's Come and gone -- Freedom songs and metaphors of healing: Eugene O'Neill's Mourning becomes Electra, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the sun, and Suzan-Lori Parks' Venus and Topdog/Underdog -- Truth and reconciliation: civil disobedience and the cosmopolitan citizen: Charles Smith's The gospel according to James, Thomas Bradshaw's Mary, David Mamet's Race, and Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park.Black theater, classical philosophy, and modern civil resistanceAmerican dramaAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAfrican American aestheticsAmerican dramaClassical influencesCivil disobedience in literatureClassicism in literatureComparative literatureModern and classicalAfrican American theaterHistoryAmerican dramaAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.African American aesthetics.American dramaClassical influences.Civil disobedience in literature.Classicism in literature.Comparative literatureModern and classical.African American theaterHistory.812.009/896073Rankine Patrice D1471247MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779744503321Aristotle and black drama3863660UNINA