The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Drama by Rimer J. Thomas;Mori Mitsuya;Poulton M. Cody;

Author:Rimer, J. Thomas;Mori, Mitsuya;Poulton, M. Cody;
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2014-04-11T00:00:00+00:00

POST-SHINGEKI DRAMATURGY

In their exploration of topics such as war, sexuality, violence, and the irrational, the plays of this period are challenging, morally, intellectually, and artistically. Betsuyaku noted how, with its emphasis on the performative, the new dramaturgy also pointed toward a rejection of conventional narrative. Angura drama tends to be nonlinear and illogical, mixing dream and reality. Metamorphosis and multiple role-playing are dominant tropes in such plays. Their shifting and complex temporal and spatial structure frequently draws on myth and archetypes to present multifaceted and unstable characters who sometimes appear as godlike heroes and antiheroes who transcend their times. The plays are richly allusive, like collages, drawing inspiration from history or contemporary news, culture both high and low, and sources both foreign and homegrown. There is a preoccupation with memory (both public and personal) and its loss, as well as a desire for a transcendent eschatology to make sense of the world, yet at the same time a deep ambivalence toward narratives of spiritual redemption or political revolution.

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