The Artist as a Dramatic Character

A Critical Study of Plays by Stoppard, Barker and Wertenbaker

Majeed Mohammed Midhin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

243 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-5807-2 (ISBN)

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The use of the artist does not necessarily reflect the playwrights themselves; it may be further used to talk about social, economic, and political situations. It has acquired deep significance as it is used as a veneer to criticise the political ruling party throughout its history. This book represents a significant contribution to the literature in general and that of theatre and performance in particular by using a tranche of previously unused primary source material to examine the use of the artist and the key role he/she has played in those three decades. Its findings are heavily based on new primary sources, including interviews with the three playwrights themselves. Its unique selling points are therefore that it will be the only book to have examined three playwrights over three decades with reference to some more recent artists from the Middle East, especially Iraqi. The book's primary audience will be academics, particularly students of English literature, history, and performance studies. It will prove a useful secondary text across undergraduate and postgraduate courses on the politics of text analysis, which are offered by most US, British, Australian, and Middle Eastern universities, and which continue to attract large numbers of students.

Majeed Mohammed Midhin is a Professor in Literature and Contemporary British Drama at the University of Anbar, Iraq. Previously, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of East Anglia (UK). In 2017, he obtained a PhD in Literature from the University of Essex (UK) under the supervision of Dr Clare Finburgh and Dr Elizabeth J. Kuti. He also has an MA in English Literature from the University of Baghdad's College of Languages, Iraq. His primary field of interest is modern and contemporary British drama as it affects the immediate needs of people in society. He has published widely on British theatre and Shakespearean drama, and has participated in many colloquiums, conferences, and seminars in and beyond the UK. Recently, his writings about Iraqi theatre have acquired an international taste as his articles about some modern Iraqi plays won international prizes. His article entitled 'National Cultural History and Transnational Political Concerns in Rasha Fadhil's 'Ishtar in Baghdad'' was awarded the best article in 2022 by The Janovics Center Award for Outstanding Humanities Research in Transnational Film and Theatre Studies, Romania.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.09.2025
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-0364-5807-5 / 1036458075
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-5807-2 / 9781036458072
Zustand	Neuware