{"product_id":"from-metaphor-to-direct-speech-contemporary-russophone-drama-and-performance-theory-hardback-9780299351403","title":"From Metaphor to Direct Speech; Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory (Hardback) 9780299351403","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Metaphor to Direct Speech\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eContemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eE. Susanna Weygandt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299351403\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 32 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Explores in fascinating clarity the radical aesthetics and dissident, critical engagement of Russian New Drama.” - Oksana Bulgakowa, author of \u003ci\u003eSergei Eisenstein: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Weygandt uncovers the central innovation of post-Soviet New Drama: the move from somatic to sonic modes of performance. The central argument is highly original, grounded in theory and scholarship, and persuasive. This is a transformative contribution that will have a lasting impact on our understanding of the major shifts in Russian theater over the past three decades.” - Molly Thomasy Blasing, author of \u003ci\u003eSnapshots of the Soul: Photo-Poetic Encounters in Modern Russian Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The cacophonic, vibrant, and shocking ‘new drama’ of social critique and dissent in Putin’s Russia engages the public with powerful street talk and emotive cries, a twenty-first-century ‘new technology of signs.’ Weygandt’s deeply researched book is a necessary read if you want to understand today’s Russia.” - Richard Schechner, editor of \u003ci\u003eTDR: The Drama Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNew Drama—a collection of actors, directors, and playwrights in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus—is one of the most active and vibrant artistic movements in the Russophone world today yet remains understudied in the West. E. Susanna Weygandt demonstrates that the major innovation of New Drama is a sonic turn, an aesthetic development that moves away from traditional, Stanislavskian embodied performance to something almost purely aural. New Drama, which began in the tumult following the collapse of the Soviet Union and continues even in an increasingly censorious Russia today, emphasizes contemporary social issues and privileges disadvantaged voices, using documentary modes to literally bring the voices of the dispossessed to the ears of the audience members.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a result, the Russophone New Dramatists speak dissent and dramatize resistance. Ultimately, they shift theatrical productions from something constrained and limited, in both place and time, to an ephemeral but unbounded gateway for social activism. The sonic stage thus effectively functions as a social forum, transposing action from the actors to the audience. \u003ci\u003eFrom Metaphor to Direct Speech\u003c\/i\u003e therefore contributes to cultural as well as performance studies, offering a compelling look not just at developments in theatrical modes but also at dissent and cultural aesthetics in Russia today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote on Translation and Transliteration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: The Postdramatic Turn on the Russian Stage and the Nonhierarchical Organization of Signs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 The Paradigmatic Shift from Stanislavsky’\u003cbr\u003es \"\u003cbr\u003eLanguage of Gesture\"\u003cbr\u003e to \"\u003cbr\u003eIntonation as Gesture\"\u003cbr\u003e in Anatoly Vasiliev’\u003cbr\u003es Theater\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 The History of Russian New Drama and Mikhail Durnenkov’\u003cbr\u003es Place in It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Speaking Up! Reporting Speech and Documenting Facts at Teatr.doc\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Postdramatic Rap in the Theater and Cinema of Ivan Vyrypaev\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 The Sonic Inscription of Polina Agureeva Links Drama’\u003cbr\u003es Roots to the Vyrypaevian Post-Dramatic \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: The Domain of the Sayable in Russian Theater and Public Performance Decades into New Millennial Russia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530916294936,"sku":"9780299351403","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-metaphor-to-direct-speech-contemporary-russophone-drama-and-performance-theory-hardback-9780299351403","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}