Theatres of Mind : Staging Psychological Science in Modernist
American Theatre

J 2019

Theatres of Mind : Staging Psychological Science in Modernist American Theatre

KAČER, Tomáš

Základní údaje

Originální název

Theatres of Mind : Staging Psychological Science in Modernist American Theatre

Autoři

KAČER, Tomáš

Vydání

Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies, Hradec Králové, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové, 2019, 2336-3347

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00112412

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Modernist theatre; American theatre; psychology; Sigmund Freud; science shows

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 2. 4. 2020 12:06, Mgr. Marie Skřivanová

Anotace

V originále

The early years of the 20th century witnessed a transformation of American drama and theatre from a mere entertainment into a mature modern art form. This paper looks at a tradition of the 19th century wonder show presenting science as entertainment, and shows how Modernist American drama and theatre adopted aspects of this tradition and transformed them. It focuses mainly on sciences of the human mind that experienced a tumultuous development in the era. The Witching Hour by Augustus Thomas will serve as an example of a modern realist play that presents bogus science – telepathy. Then, the paper will identify introduction of psychoanalysis to the United States and Freud’s visit in 1909 as a turning point in approach to psychology. Plays such as Overtones by Alice Gerstenberg and Suppressed Desires by Susan Glaspell (in collaboration with George Cram Cook) mark the beginning of a more experimental approach to psychology in the theatre.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1396/2018, interní kód MU

Název: Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments (Akronym: RCE)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

KAČER, Tomáš. Theatres of Mind : Staging Psychological Science in Modernist American Theatre. Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies. Hradec Králové: Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové, 2019, roč. 6, č. 1, s. 65-73. ISSN 2336-3347.

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KAČER, Tomáš. Theatres of Mind : Staging Psychological Science in Modernist American Theatre. \textit{Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies}. Hradec Králové: Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové, 2019, roč.~6, č.~1, s.~65-73. ISSN~2336-3347.

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