Towards an Ecocritical Theatre

Towards an Ecocritical Theatre investigates contemporary theatre through the lens of Anthropocene-oriented ecocriticism. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre studies, environmental humanities, and ecocritical studies.

Autorentext

Mohebat Ahmadi completed her PhD (English and Theatre studies) at the University of Melbourne. She is an independent scholar, and presently lives in Toronto, Canada.

Klappentext

Towards an Ecocritical Theatre investigates contemporary theatre through the lens of Anthropocene-oriented ecocriticism. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre studies, environmental humanities, and ecocritical studies.

Inhalt

1. Where Ecocriticism Meets Theatre in the Era of the Anthropocene 2. Setting the Stage for the Material Turn and Agential Bodies: Caryl Churchill's The Skriker and Far Away 3. Setting the Stage for the End of the World: Stephen Sewell's It Just Stopped and Andrew Bovell's When the Rain Stops Falling 4. Setting the Stage for Material Expressions across Planetary Boundaries: E.M. Lewis' Song of Extinction and Chantal Bilodeau's Sila 5. Setting the Stage for Possibilities of Collaborative Survival: Jordan Hall's A Brief History of Human Extinction and Miwa Matreyek's This World Made Itself and Infinitely Yours 6. Conclusion: Anthropocenic Theatre: A Stage for Living in the Present and Imagining the Future