David Mamet's Oleanna
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David Mamet's Oleanna

David K. Sauer

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David Mamet's Oleanna

David K. Sauer

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David Mamet is widely considered to be the voice of contemporary American Theatre. His use of what is taken to be realistic language together with minimalist staging creates a postmodern combination that pushes an audience in conflicting directions. The result is that initial audiences for Oleanna were aroused to applaud and loudly react to the ending of the play when a male teacher beats a female student. The issues the play raises about political correctness are turned on their head. Oleanna is a particularly complex play in terms of both form and content and this guide offers a theoretically informed introductory analysis. It provides students with a comprehensive critical introduction to the play and includes new interpretations of the text in light of recent developments in Mamet's playwriting and the intervening shifts in the political landscape.

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Publisher
Methuen Drama
Year
2013
ISBN
9781441185495
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Performing Arts
Production 
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work. 
Character’s 
motives 
are 
not 
fully 
knowable, 
as 
they 
are 
in 
the 
revealed-secret 
form 
of 
modernist 
realism. 
And 
the 
interpreter 
must 
recognize 
that 
postmodern 
characters 
are 
not 
fully 
knowable. 
If 
the 
critic 
can 
accept 
that, 
then 
a 
diïŹ€erent 
kind 
of 
appreciation 
of 
the 
art 
of 
the 
dramatist 
will 
result.

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