The Art of Writing Drama is an indispensable textbook for wherever writing for the stage is taught, but also serves as a foundational book for any student taking courses in performance media - radio, television and film.
Coupling theory with practice, the book opens with a survey of the current methodologies of teaching playwriting and of textual analysis. The theories of Bakhtin, Foucault and Derrida are examined as are the agendas of play reviewers from the national press. In the second section of the book, a wealth of guidance with practical exercises on the skills of...
The Art of Writing Drama is an indispensable textbook for wherever writing for the stage is taught, but also serves as a foundational book f...
Wandor has written the first history of Creative Writing in the UK, analyzing its complex relationship with English and literary theory. Erudite and provocative, the book presents a searching critique of Creative Writing pedagogy, arguing for new approaches. Indispensable for teachers, students and everyone concerned with the future of literature.
Wandor has written the first history of Creative Writing in the UK, analyzing its complex relationship with English and literary theory. Erudite and p...
'one hell of a seminal read ...Here is a book that grapples, with energy, ingenuity and terrific intellectual rigour, with a bewildering forest of issues around gender and politics ...illuminating, insightful, perceptive.' - Women's Review
'one hell of a seminal read ...Here is a book that grapples, with energy, ingenuity and terrific intellectual rigour, with a bewildering forest of iss...
