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    The silver stage: Theatre in the age of mechanical reproduction

    Bleam, Jeffrey Robert, «The silver stage: Theatre in the age of mechanical reproduction». Ph.D., , Ann Arbor, United States 2005 Abstract Implicit in its subtitle (“Theatre in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”), this study begins with a rejection of Walter Benjamin’s assurance that the theatrical arts are immune from the ideological processes inherent in mechanical reproduction. I seek to argue that as theatre artists and encultured subjects in general, we process information and form perceptual strategies through a series of frames created and encouraged by the representational field of the larger visual culture at specific times and societies. I contend that these frames and strategies do not change over time…

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    Théatralité: Analyse d’une notion critique à travers trois média et époques (roman, peinture et cinéma aux XVIIIe, XIXe et XXe siècles)

    Polanz, Dorothee, «Théatralité: Analyse d’une notion critique à travers trois média et époques (roman, peinture et cinéma aux XVIIIe, XIXe et XXe siècles)». Ph.D., , Ann Arbor, United States 2010 Abstract I argue that the notion of “theatricality,” though it has been frequently used as an interpretive tool in critical discourse on various artistic and literary forms (novels, poetry, painting, fashion, film, etc.) remains ill defined. Moreover, it appears obvious that theatricality does not, in fact, manifest itself in the same way in all genres and media where critics attempt to use it as an interpretive tool. A double question thus informs my research: how legitimate is the use of…