Carnival Texts
Three Plays for Ensemble Performance| By: | James MacDonald |
| Publisher: | Ingram Publisher Services UK- Academic |
| Print ISBN: | 9781841504162 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781841505008 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Carnival Texts comprises three related dramatic works, all of which have as their point of departure Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of carnival, a literary style designed to subvert dominant assumptions through chaos and humour. Making creative use of post-Brechtian performance theory, these texts blur the distinction between spectator and performer in a fascinating exploration of physical, moral and cultural upheaval in a postmodern age. Performance theory is crucial to understanding how performance affects collective understanding, and this book will be of interest to a broad range of students of drama and theatre.