Living Through Extremes in Process Drama
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Date
2020
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Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem
L'Harmattan Kiadó
L'Harmattan Kiadó
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Bethlenfalvy Ádám: Living Through Extremes in Process Drama. Budapest - Párizs. Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem - L'Harmattan Kiadó, 2020. 279 p.
Abstract
Living through extremes is an exploration of integrating Edward Bond’s theatre theory and practice into the ‘living through’ approach to process drama. Adam Bethlenfalvy examines the basic components of the ‘living through’ approach to drama through the analysis of the practice of Dorothy Heathcote, Gavin Bolton, Cecily O’Neill and David Davis. A close examination of drama lessons leads to recognising different structures that lead to some shared elements in the work of these pioneers of drama education. The book also investigates different critiques of this approach and comes to identify those key elements that can help practitioners and teachers create this kind of process drama. This is followed by an in-depth analysis of the theory and practice of Edward Bond, the contemporary British playwright, whose aim is to create moments that rupture dominant public discourses and allow the audience to make their own meaning in the gaps within the narrative on stage. The author explores through a series of drama lessons how participants can be supported in making drama of depth on their own with moments that dislocate dominant social explanations from within the narrative, urging those watching or participating to make their own meaning of events in the drama. Though the book does not offer a recipe as a solution it offers some exciting new recognitions coming from re-kindling the connection between theatre and drama education.
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process drama ; oktatás ; drámaoktatás