The 39 Steps of Self-Division: A Structural Approach To the Depiction of Internal Conflict In Six Famous Dramatic Works - Couverture souple

Zebba, Sam

 
9780595318308: The 39 Steps of Self-Division: A Structural Approach To the Depiction of Internal Conflict In Six Famous Dramatic Works
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ISBN 10 : 0595318304 ISBN 13 : 9780595318308
Editeur : iUniverse, 2004

Synopsis

The 39 Steps of Self-Division is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the theater and in literary criticism. Original and innovative, The 39 Steps of Self-Division presents a detailed structure of the Self-Division process, which depicts a protagonist torn within his soul between two opposing courses of action.Author Sam Zebba brings years of teaching and analytical exploration to the formation of his 39-step 'flow chart' guiding a play's advance. In clear and easy to understand language, and with the use of instantly comprehensible tables, Zebba demonstrates the structure's undeniable function, and exposes the startling step-by-step uniformity in the following six famous, unrelated Self-Division plays.Sophocles' Oedipus Shakespeare's Hamlet and OthelloBrecht's GalileoPirandello's Henry IVBates' & Lean's Summer MadnessThe 39 Steps of Self-Division is a useful, inventive, and insightful aid to a better understanding of structure in some of dramatic literature's most highly regarded masterpieces.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The 39 Steps of Self-Division is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the theater and in literary criticism. Original and innovative, The 39 Steps of Self-Division presents a detailed structure of the Self-Division process, which depicts a protagonist torn within his soul between two opposing courses of action.Author Sam Zebba brings years of teaching and analytical exploration to the formation of his 39-step 'flow chart' guiding a play's advance. In clear and easy to understand language, and with the use of instantly comprehensible tables, Zebba demonstrates the structure's undeniable function, and exposes the startling step-by-step uniformity in the following six famous, unrelated Self-Division plays.Sophocles' Oedipus Shakespeare's Hamlet and OthelloBrecht's GalileoPirandello's Henry IVBates' & Lean's Summer MadnessThe 39 Steps of Self-Division is a useful, inventive, and insightful aid to a better understanding of structure in some of dramatic literature's most highly regarded masterpieces.

Biographie de l'auteur

Sam Zebba earned his B.A. and M.A. in Theater Arts at UCLA, and his Ph.D. at Tel-Aviv University, where he also lectured. A prize-winning documentary filmmaker, he has written for many publications, including The Hollywood Quarterly, The University Film Association Journal, The Jewish Quarterly, and India Perspectives. Founder and past President of the Israel Writers? Guild, he also served as Vice-President of the International Writers? Guild. A dedicated photographer and seasoned yachtsman, he lives in Tel-Aviv.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595318304
ISBN 13 
9780595318308
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
88
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Personne responsable
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