Postmodernism in Theater

Paper Summary:

The purpose of this paper is to see how the society has changed in retrospect to the period from modernism to postmodernism, creating awareness to different perspectives on analysis in today's world. It attempts to show how the best way this can be understood is through the developments in the world of theater and how the theater functions as an artifact and a metaphor of the times.

Outline
Different Forms of Theater
Postmodern Theater
Actors and Audiences
Robert Wilson
Peter Brook

From the Paper:

"The modern theater is characterized by a narrative plot where the actors play out roles of everyday people who tell a story based on life's tragedies and conflicts, with the unfolding tragedy or comedy developing at a beginning and ending with the last act of the play. The aim of these plays is to stretch the audience's comprehension of existing reality, to being forward the truth that is basically obscured. Even though the results of the actors' behaviors are mostly tragic. The audience becomes emotionally aroused with the characters of the play. This is seen in reactions to Willy Loman in the play Death of a Salesman and in Blanche DuBois play, A Streetcar Named Desire."

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