Contemporary Writing for the Stage

Feral Josette, Mounsef Donia

Content:

Editors' Preface: The Transparency of the Text.

Part I: "Avant and Apres Garde" contains:
"Whatever Happened to the Avant-Garde?" by Tom Bishop
"Paroles en lambeaux et ecritures d'entreparleurs" by Jean-Pierre Ryngaert
"Beyond Drama: Total Theater" by Bernadette Bost
"Myth in Contemporary French Theater: A Negotiable Legacy" by Ariane Eissen
"Language Crossings: The Unspoken Must Be Said" by Josette Feral.

Part II: "(Under) writing the Stage" contains:
"Michel Vinaver: From Writing to Staging" by David Bradby
"The Language of Desire and the Desire for Language in the Theatre of Koltes and Cixous" by Donia Mounsef
"Voix/Voie/Vie: The Voice in Contemporary French Theatre" by Clare Finburgh
"L'Art de l'ecrit s'incarnant: The Theatre of Noelle Renaude" by Mary Noonan

Part III: "Disputed Textualities" contains:
"Is There A Specifically Francophone African Stage Textuality?" by Judith Miller
"Contemporary Francophone Writings for the Theater from Africa and the West Indies" by Sylvie Chalaye
"Death and Birth of the Author: Toward a New History of Quebecois Playwriting" by Yves Jubinville
"Waiting for the Next Big Thing: Why Do American Audiences Have Such Difficulty with Contemporary French Playwrights?" by Philippa Wehle

Reviews

"The articles... map a clear path through the complexities of contemporary French-language writing for the stage. Most important of all is the way in which the volume prompts the reader to seek out plays not yet read and to imagine theater texts not yet written" – Ann Williams, French Review

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