Noda Manabu
Department Undergraduate School , School of Arts and Letters Position Professor |
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Language | English |
Publication Date | 2012/12 |
Type | Academic Journal |
Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
Title | The Fabric of Traditional Theatre: Archived Memories and the Question of Cultural Ownership |
Contribution Type | Sole-authored |
Journal | Critical Stages |
Publisher | International Association of Theatre Critics |
Volume, Issue, Page | 7 |
Details | This paper is an attempt to offer a tentative theoretical framework for the discussion of the fabric of traditional theatre -- what it is made of -- and a possible approach that it will permit in our times. Part One tries to explain the structure of two-act fantasy noh play with an example of a piece called Izutsu attributed to Motokiyo Zeami. This section is entitled "memories evoked to be revoked." The model proposed in Part One will be used as a metaphorical springboard to consider the fabric of traditional theatre itself, and on the way the paper will discuss three points in the following order: Part Two: cultural identity as a construct retrospectively formed; Part Three: intercultural transactions and cultural ownership, and finally Part Four: traditional theatre as an "other" within us. |