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Perceived Phantoms: A Phenomenological Observation Of Spirituality In Atsumori, Nicholas C. Gilomen

The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research

The paper examines the performance and embodiment of spirituality in Japanese Noh Drama during the Muromachi era from 1336 CE to 1573 CE. It also observes the art form from a modern perspective. Specifically, this research examines the classic Noh Drama play Atsumori by Zeami Motokiyo through the phenomenological lens. Phenomenology is a qualitative study that focuses on the perceptions of the human consciousness, and it allows me to examine the impact of subjective experiences on a person’s sense of truth. This paper examines the spirituality present through the various religious influences that went into the development of Noh Drama …

On The Variations Of 'Occupatio' In "Richard Ii", William Kelly Reeder

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Recent scholarship of Shakespeare’s Richard II has been interested in or preoccupied with its historical relations. Particularly the plays association with the Essex Rising of 1601, and the censorship of the deposition scene, both of which seem to resonate for history with Elizabeth’s enigmatic comment expressing her identification with Shakespeare’s portrayal of Richard II.

This paper proposes to resolve the question of the play’s censorship by interpreting the deposition scene as a dramatization of transubstantiation, perhaps triggering Elizabethan censors.

Transubstantiation is the doctrine by which the Catholic Church interprets the Eucharist using the distinction between substance and accidens (eternal and …

A 'Paradox Of Expression': Bertolt Brecht's Verfremdungseffekt In Performance, Cohen L. Ambrose Mr.

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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"Un Agujero Sin Límites": La Mirada Fenomenológica De Josep M. Benet I Jornet, Sharon G. Feldman

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

Con un estilo libremente poético y, a veces, frenético, Richard Foreman, dramaturgo, director, y figura predilecta del mundo del teatro experimental neoyorquino, intentó en 1972 trazar del modo siguiente los puntales teóricos de su llamado "Teatro Ontológico - Histórico"

I want to be seized by the elusive, unexpected alivenesss of the moment.

Surprise at the center: not the surprise of the least-expected…because that (Least-expected) is a reaction that “places” it and makes it no longer elusive. But

surprised by

a freshness

of moment that eludes

constantly refreshes. You go toward it

and can’t seize it? You don’t go toward it….. …