Theatre of the Oppressed

, by Boal, Augusto

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ISBN: 9780930452490 | 0930452496
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/1/1985

Theatre of the Oppressed > ISBN13: 9780930452490

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Foreword

Aristotle's Coercive System of Tragedy

Introduction

Art Imitates Nature

What is the Meaning of ``Imitation''?

What, then, is the Purpose of Art and Science?

Major Arts and Minor Arts

What does Tragedy Imitate?

What is Happiness?

And What is Virtue?

Necessary Characteristics of Virtue

The Degrees of Virtue

What is Justice?

In What Sense can Theater Function as an Instrument for Purification and Intimidation?

The Ultimate Aim of Tragedy

A Short Glossary of Simple Words

How Aristotle's Coercive System of Tragedy Functions

Different Types of Conflict: Hamartia and Social Ethos

Conclusion

Notes

Machiavelli and the Poetics of Virtu

The Feudal Abstraction

The Bourgeois Concretion

Machiavelli and Mandragola

Modern Reductions of Virtu

Notes

Hegel and Brecht: The Character as Subject or the Character as Object?

The ``Epic'' Concept

Types of Poetry in Hegel

Characteristics of Dramatic Poetry, Still According to Hegel

Freedom of the Character-Subject

A Word Poorly Chosen

Does Thought Determine Being (or Vice Versa)?

Can Man be Changed?

Conflict of Wills or Contradiction of Needs?

Empathy or What? Emotion or Reason?

Catharsis and Repose, or Knowledge and Action?

How to Interpret the New Works?

The Rest Does not Count: They are Minor Formal Differences Between the Three Genres

Empathy or Osmosis

Notes

Poetics of the Oppressed

Experiments with the People's Theater in Peru

Conclusion: ``Spectator,'' a Bad Word!

Notes

Development of the Arena Theater of Sao Paulo

Need for the ``Joker''

Goals of the ``Joker''

Structures of the ``Joker''

Appendices

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