Theory/Theatre: An Introduction - 2nd Edition | 
| Author: Mark Fortier
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 326558
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 041525437X
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.01
EAN: 9780415254373
ASIN: 041525437X
Publication Date: June 21, 2002
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This is a new and enlarged edition of Mark Fortier's very successful and widely used essential text for students. Theory/Theatre provides a unique and engaging introduction to literary theory as it relates to theatre and performance. Fortier lucidly examines current theoretical approaches, from semiotics, postructuralism, through cultural materialism, postcolonial studies and feminist theory. Theory/Theatre is still the only study of its kind and is invaluable reading for beginning students and scholars of performance studies.
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 Excellent, invaluable guide to theater and theory July 15, 2000
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
*Theory/Theatre* is a remarkable pocket-sized guide to the major contemporary trends in critical theory and their relationships to performance and performance studies. Fortier's prose is lucid and eloquent. He handles difficult concepts with succinct yet not simplistic essays that tie the theoretical concepts to instances of performance. I have used the book with undergraduates, and it has helped them make sense of the intellectual histories, differences and applications of, for instance, psychoanalytic criticism, post-structuralism, feminism, reception theory, etc. Fortier's concluding essay on the uses of theory is both skeptical and inspired by theory, and gorgeously written. Such a pleasure to work with an interpetive text that is truly knowing of its subjects without seeking to outdistance or subdue them!
 Excellent summary of major theories November 22, 1998
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Fortier's book is a wonderful summary of the major theories concerning theater and performance. He presents a familiarity with everyone from Freud and Hegel to current leading theorists. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in critical theory of theater, especially for students. Fortier's style is engaging and easy to read.
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