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Transcultural Aesthetics in the Plays of Gao Xingjian

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  • © 2014

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  1. Todd J. Coulter

    1. Colby College, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: International Recognition and National Confusion

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    Pages 1-17

  3. Reactive Theater: State Theater and New Voices in China and France

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    Pages 18-29

  4. Physical Division: Jingju in Performance and Theory

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    Pages 30-46

  5. The Actor in Thirds: Gao’s Theory of Performance

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    Pages 47-72

  6. An Individual in the Void: Au bord de la vie

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    Pages 73-89

  7. An Individual in Company: Quatre quatuors pour un week-end

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    Pages 90-103

  8. An Individual in Night: Ballade Nocturne and Gao’s Philosophical Woman

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    Pages 104-113

  9. Conclusion: The Obligation of Creation

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    Pages 114-126

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 127-135
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About this book

Gao Xingjian has been lauded for his inventive use of Chinese culture in his paintings, plays, and cinema, however he denies that his current work participates in any notion of Chinese. This book traces the development of these forms and how the relate and interact in the French language plays of the Nobel Laureate.

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  • Colby College, USA

    Todd J. Coulter

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Todd Coulter is Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance at Colby College, USA.

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