LA THEATRALITE: ANALYSE D'UNE NOTION CRITIQUE A TRAVERS TROIS MEDIA ET EPOQUES (ROMAN, PEINTURE ET CINEMA AU XVIIIE, XIXE ET XXE SIECLES)

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dc.contributor.advisorCampangne, Herve Thomasen_US
dc.contributor.authorPolanz, Dorotheeen_US
dc.contributor.departmentModern French Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-19T07:07:19Z
dc.date.available2011-02-19T07:07:19Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractI argue that the notion of "theatricality," though it has been frequently used as an interpretive tool in critical discourse on various artistic and literary forms (novels, poetry, painting, fashion, film, etc.) remains ill defined. Moreover, it appears obvious that theatricality does not, in fact, manifest itself in the same way in all genres and media where critics attempt to use it as an interpretive tool. A double question thus informs my research: how legitimate is the use of a supposedly unique operational notion, expressed in a single term, in reference to a wide variety of forms? Beneath this manifest disparity, what common elements can be identified, at a more fundamental level, to support the claim that theatricality is indeed a viable and fruitful notion in the quest to understand how the creative process works--be it in the form of narrative fiction, drama, cinema, painting, sculpture, architecture, fashion design, etc.? My point of departure is the acknowledgment that the notion of 'theatricality,' while quite commonly summoned in scholarly analysis on diverse topics, is seldom defined with any precision, if at all, by those who employ it. The reader must then infer, as best s/he can, the exact meaning of 'theatricality,' only to discover that it varies from one author to the next. As a result, the term "'theatricality" (and to some extent the adjective "theatrical") refers to such an extremely diverse range of meanings that, in spite of its frequency, its value as operational notion must be questioned. Because the libertine novel of the eighteenth century, orientalist painting of the nineteenth century, and genre cinema of the twentieth century have often been described as eminently theatrical in critical literature, I will make them the basis of my corpus, from which the features of theatricality can be specified. My goal is to arrive at a definition that would truly be relevant in any domain. Ultimately, I intend to show why, in fact, analogy with theater should hold particular interpretive value for a wide array of creative forms throughout history.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11226
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLiteratureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledTheateren_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArt Historyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlibertine novelsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmovieen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledorientalismen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRenoiren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRohmeren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtheatricalityen_US
dc.titleLA THEATRALITE: ANALYSE D'UNE NOTION CRITIQUE A TRAVERS TROIS MEDIA ET EPOQUES (ROMAN, PEINTURE ET CINEMA AU XVIIIE, XIXE ET XXE SIECLES)en_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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