Author : Keiko I. McDonald
Release : 1994
Genre : Motion pictures
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 025/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Japanese Classical Theater in Films by : Keiko I. McDonald
Download or read book Japanese Classical Theater in Films written by Keiko I. McDonald. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noh, Kabuki, and Bunraku are the three distinct genres of classical theater that have made Japan's dramatic art unique. The audience steeped in these traditional theatrical forms sees many aspects of stage conventions in Japanese cinema. This intimacy makes the aesthetic/intellectual experience of films more enriching. Japanese Classical Theater in Films aims at heightening such awareness in the West, the awareness of the influence that these three major dramatic genres have had on Japan's cinematic tradition. Using an eclectic critical framework - a solid combination of historical and cultural approaches reinforced with formalist and auteurist perspectives - Keiko I. McDonald undertakes this much needed, ambitious task.