Synopses & Reviews
Josette Féral & Donia Mounsef
Editors' Preface: The Transparency of the Text
Part I: Avant and Après Garde
Tom Bishop
Whatever Happened to the Avant-Garde?
Jean-Pierre Ryngaert
Paroles en lambeaux et écritures dentreparleurs
Bernadette Bost
Beyond Drama: Total Theater
Ariane Eissen
Myth in Contemporary French Theater: A Negotiable Legacy
Josette Féral
Language Crossings: The Unspoken Must Be Said
Part II: (Under)writing the Stage
David Bradby
Michel Vinaver: From Writing to Staging
Donia Mounsef
The Language of Desire and the Desire for Language in the Theatre of Koltès and Cixous
Clare Finburgh
Voix/Voie/Vie: The Voice in Contemporary French Theatre
Mary Noonan
LArt de lécrit sincarnant: The Theatre of Noëlle Renaude
Part III: Disputed Textualities
Judith Miller
Is There A Specifically Francophone African Stage Textuality?
Sylvie Chalaye
Contemporary Francophone Writings for the Theater from Africa and the West Indies
Yves Jubinville
Death and Birth of the
Review
"[T]he articles . . . map a clear path through the complexities of contempo Ann Williams
Synopsis
Josette Feral & Donia Mounsef Editors' Preface: The Transparency of the Text
Part I: Avant and Apres Garde
Tom Bishop Whatever Happened to the Avant-Garde?
Jean-Pierre RyngaertParoles en lambeaux et ecritures d'entreparleurs
Bernadette BostBeyond Drama: Total Theater
Ariane EissenMyth in Contemporary French Theater: A Negotiable Legacy
Josette FeralLanguage Crossings: The Unspoken Must Be Said
Part II: (Under)writing the Stage
David BradbyMichel Vinaver: From Writing to Staging
Donia MounsefThe Language of Desire and the Desire for Language in the Theatre of Koltes and Cixous
Clare FinburghVoix/Voie/Vie: The Voice in Contemporary French Theatre
Mary NoonanL'Art de l'ecrit s'incarnant: The Theatre of Noelle Renaude
Part III:
Disputed TextualitiesJudith Miller
Is There A Specifically Francophone African Stage Textuality?
Sylvie Chalaye
Contemporary Francophone Writings for the Theater from Africa and the West Indies
Yves Jubinville
Death and Birth of the Author: Toward a New History of Quebecois Playwriting
Philippa Wehle
"Waiting for the Next Big Thing" Why Do American Audiences Have Such Difficulty with Contemporary French Playwrights?
Synopsis
Josette Feral & Donia Mounsef Editors' Preface: The Transparency of the Text Part I: Avant and Apres GardeTom Bishop Whatever Happened to the Avant-Garde?Jean-Pierre RyngaertParoles en lambeaux et ecritures d'entreparleursBernadette BostBeyond Drama: Total TheaterAriane EissenMyth in Contemporary French Theater: A Negotiable LegacyJosette FeralLanguage Crossings: The Unspoken Must Be Said Part II: (Under)writing the StageDavid BradbyMichel Vinaver: From Writing to StagingDonia MounsefThe Language of Desire and the Desire for Language in the Theatre of Koltes and CixousClare FinburghVoix/Voie/Vie: The Voice in Contemporary French TheatreMary NoonanL'Art de l'ecrit s'incarnant: The Theatre of Noelle Renaude Part III: Disputed TextualitiesJudith MillerIs There A Specifically Francophone African Stage Textuality?Sylvie ChalayeContemporary Francophone Writings for the Theater from Africa and the West Indies Yves JubinvilleDeath and Birth of the Author: Toward a New History of Quebecois PlaywritingPhilippa WehleWaiting for the Next Big Thing Why Do American Audiences Have Such Difficulty with Contemporary French Playwrights?
Synopsis
Josette Féral & Donia Mounsef
Editors' Preface: The Transparency of the Text
Part I: Avant and Après Garde
Tom Bishop
Whatever Happened to the Avant-Garde?
Jean-Pierre Ryngaert
Paroles en lambeaux et écritures d’entreparleurs
Bernadette Bost
Beyond Drama: Total Theater
Ariane Eissen
Myth in Contemporary French Theater: A Negotiable Legacy
Josette Féral
Language Crossings: The Unspoken Must Be Said
Part II: (Under)writing the Stage
David Bradby
Michel Vinaver: From Writing to Staging
Donia Mounsef
The Language of Desire and the Desire for Language in the Theatre of Koltès and Cixous
Clare Finburgh
Voix/Voie/Vie: The Voice in Contemporary French Theatre
Mary Noonan
L’Art de l’écrit s’incarnant: The Theatre of Noëlle Renaude
Part III: Disputed Textualities
Judith Miller
Is There A Specifically Francophone African Stage Textuality?
Sylvie Chalaye
Contemporary Francophone Writings for the Theater from Africa and the West Indies
Yves Jubinville
Death and Birth of the