Postmodern/drama
Author | : Stephen Watt |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 0472108727 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780472108725 |
Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Download or read book Postmodern/drama written by Stephen Watt and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scrutinizing the critical tendency to label texts or writers as "postmodern", scholar Stephen Watt argues that "reading post modernly" merely implies reading culture more broadly. In contemporary drama, Watt considers postmodernity less a question of genre or media than a mode of subjectivity shared by both playwright and audience. 6 illustrations.