دانلود کتاب Gao Xingjian's idea of theatre: from the word to the image

This book argues that Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre can only be explained by his broad knowledge and use of various Chinese and Western theatrical, literary, artistic and philosophical traditions. The author aims to show how Gao's theories of the theatre of anti-illusion, theatre of conscious convention, of the "poor theatre" and total theatre, of the neutral actor and the actor - jester - storyteller are derived from the Far Eastern tradition, and to what extent they have been inspired by 20th century Euro-American reformers of theatre such as Antonin Artaud, Bertolt Brecht, Vsevol.  Chinese avant-garde: new trends in Chinese exploratory and experimental theatreActor in the space of illusion and anti-illusionNew narrative strategiesFrom realism to sur-realism: poets of the absurd and the grotesqueBetween life and death, reality and dream: towards an oneiric imaginationIn search of the total theatre