Theatre and Its Other Abhinavagupta on Dance and Dramatic Acting
In Theatre and Its Other, Elisa Ganser revisits a telling debate on the intertwined natures of dance and dramatic acting; preserved in Abhinavagupta’s eleventh-century commentary on the Nāṭyaśāstra, it reflects complex historical shifts in aesthetic theory and performance practice. ; Readership: All...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden, The Netherlands :
Koninklijke Brill nv
2022.
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| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Gonda indological studies ;
Volume 23. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655517906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Nāṭyaśāstra and Abhinavabhāratī: Trends and Open Questions
- 1.1. Editorial History and Textual Reception
- 1.2. Archiving Performance: Texts and Images
- 1.3. The Nāṭyaśāstra and the Place of Dance
- 1.3.1. Composition, Authorship, and Date
- 1.3.2. Narrative Structure
- 1.3.3. The Tāṇḍavādhyāya
- 1.4. The Abhinavabhāratī: A Medieval Document on Performance
- 1.4.1. The Many Voices Recorded in the Chapter on Dance
- Part 1. Practice and Aesthetics of Indian Dance
- Chapter 2. Formalizing Dance, Codifying Performance
- 2.1. Nāṭya, nṛtta, and nṛtya between Movement and Mimesis
- 2.2. Dance as Technique: aṅgahāra, karaṇa, recaka
- 2.3. Between Gender and Genre: tāṇḍava, sukumāra, lāsya
- 2.3.1. Grace and Vehemence in the Nāṭyaśāstra
- 2.3.2. Grace and Vehemence in the Abhinavabhāratī
- 2.4. Expanding the Idea of nṛtta
- 2.5. Tradition, Creativity, and Artistry: A Śaiva Perspective
- Chapter 3. The Aesthetics of Dance
- 3.1. Dance within Theatre, Dance without Theatre
- 3.2. Enacting Emotions: A vademecum for the Actor
- 3.3. Communication without Words
- 3.3.1. Dramatic Mimesis vs Imitation
- 3.4. Dance, Beauty, and the Fabrication of Dramatic Fiction
- 3.4.1. On the Psychagogic Power of Dance
- 3.4.2. Like a Fire-Wheel: Dance and Fiction
- 3.5. Reshaping the Idea of abhinaya in Dance
- Part 2. Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of Abhinavabhāratī ad Nāṭyaśāstra 4.261cd-269ab
- Chapter 4. Introduction to the Edition
- 4.1. General Remarks on the Transmission of the Abhinavabhāratī
- 4.2. Genealogy of the Present Text: The Sources
- 4.2.1. Editions
- 4.2.1.1. The Baroda or Gaekwad Edition (= E1)
- 4.2.1.2. The Madhusudan Shastri Edition (= E2)
- 4.2.1.3. The Nagar Edition (= E3).
- 4.2.1.4. The Dvivedi Edition (= E4)
- 4.2.2. Manuscripts
- 4.2.2.1. Manuscripts Containing the Fourth Chapter
- 4.2.2.2. Relationship between the Manuscripts
- 4.3. A Note on the Sanskrit Text and Translation
- 4.4. Symbols and Abbreviations in the Apparatus
- Analysis of ABh ad NŚ 4.261cd-269ab
- Edition and Translation: Abhinavabhāratī ad Nāṭyaśāstra 4.261cd-269ab
- Appendix: Hemacandra's Kāvyānuśāsana
- Bibliography
- Index.
