Contemporary writing for the stage Josette Feral, Donia Mounsef

This book includes an "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; and, "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; and, "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; and, ""Waiting for the Next Big Thing": Why Do American Audiences Have Such Difficulty with Contemporary French Playwrights?" by Philippa Wehle.

"[T]he articles . . . map a clear path through the complexities of contempo--Ann Williams "French Review "