Dramatic Disgust
Autor: | Sarah J. Ablett |
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EAN: | 9783839452103 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 07.09.2020 |
Untertitel: | Aesthetic Theory and Practice from Sophocles to Sarah Kane |
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Schlagworte: | Abjection Abjection Aesthetic Theory Aesthetics Aesthetics Disgust Disgust History of Theatre History of Theatre Literary Studies Literary Studies Literature Literature Sarah Kane Theatre Theatre Theatre Studies |
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Aesthetic disgust is a key component of most classic works of drama because it has much more potential than to simply shock the audience. This first extensive study on dramatic disgust places this sensation among pity and fear as one of the core emotions that can achieve katharsis in drama. The book sets out in antiquity and traces the history of dramatic disgust through Kant, Freud, and Kristeva to Sarah Kane's in-yer-face theatre. It establishes a framework to analyze forms and functions of disgust in drama by investigating its different cognates (miasma, abjection, etc.). Providing a concise argument against critics who have discredited aesthetic disgust as juvenile attention-grabbing, Sarah J. Ablett explains how this repulsive emotion allows theatre to dig deeper into what it means to be human.
Sarah J. Ablett has studied English literature, philosophy, and creative writing at the Universities of Hamburg, Manchester, Heidelberg, and Hildesheim, and completed her doctorate at TU Braunschweig. She has taught literary and cultural studies and was part of the research project »Hyphenated Cultures: Contemporary British-Jewish Theatre« funded by the VolkswagenStiftung.