{"product_id":"gao-xingjians-post-exile-plays-transnationalism-and-postdramatic-theatre-9781350036130","title":"Gao Xingjian's Post-Exile Plays: Transnationalism and Postdramatic Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mary Mazzilli\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asian - Chinese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000, Gao Xingjian is the first Chinese writer to be so lauded for his prose and plays. Since relocating to France in 1987, in a voluntary exile from China, he has assembled a body of dramatic work that has best been understood neither as expressly Chinese nor French, but as transnational. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this comprehensive study of his post-exile plays, Mary Mazzilli explores Gao's plays as examples of postdramatic transnationalism: a transnational artistic and theatrical trend that is fluid, flexible and full of variety of styles and influences. As such this innovative interdisciplinary investigation offers fresh insights on contemporary theatre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whereas other publications have considered Gao's work as a cultural and artistic phenomenon, \u003ci\u003eGao Xingjian's Post-Exile \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlays: Transnationalism and Postdramatic Theatre \u003c\/i\u003eis the first study to relate his plays to postdramatic theatre and to provide close textual and dramatic analysis that will help readers to better understand his complex work, and also to see it in the context of the work of contemporary playwrights such as Martin Crimp, Peter Handke, and Elfriede Jelinek. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the plays discussed are: \u003ci\u003eThe Other Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, written just before he left China in 1987; \u003ci\u003eBetween Life and Death \u003c\/i\u003e(1991) - compared in detail to Martin Crimp's \u003ci\u003eAttempts on her life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDialogue and Rebuttal \u003c\/i\u003e(1992), and its relationship to Beckett's \u003ci\u003eHappy Days\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNocturnal Wanderer \u003c\/i\u003e(1993), \u003ci\u003eWeekend Quartet \u003c\/i\u003e(1995), and the latest plays \u003ci\u003eSnow in August \u003c\/i\u003e(1997), \u003ci\u003eDeath\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCollector \u003c\/i\u003e(2000) and \u003ci\u003eBallade Nocturne \u003c\/i\u003e(2010).","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45083886125207,"sku":"9781350036130","price":4340.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350036130.webp?v=1767098737","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gao-xingjians-post-exile-plays-transnationalism-and-postdramatic-theatre-9781350036130","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}