Prophets, Performance, and Power

Performance Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Embedded in portions of the biblical text are performance modes of thought that preserve a pre-literary way of thinking that can be analyzed through performance analysis. Even as literary forms of thought are embedded in non-literary forms of communication (television and radio announcers, preachers, actors, conversation), pre-literary forms of thought (i.e., performance modes of thought), became embedded in early literature. Performance analysis is designed to identify and describe these performance modes of thought embedded in the prophetic literature. While recognizing the contribution of various forms of literary criticism, performance analysis enriches literary analysis by bridging the written word to its oral world. Doan's and Giles' book has two major components: the development of performance analysis methodology and the application of that methodology to select portions of the prophetic texts found in the Hebrew bible.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-12-01
Mått152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt360 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780567026804

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Chapter 1 - Prophets, Performance and Power; Introduction; Writing and Orality in the Hebrew Prophets; Performance Mode; Linguistic Context of Orality in Texts; Medium transferability and "Twice Used" Communication; Performance as an Aspect of Orality; Performance Defined; Chapter 2 - From the Prophetic Performer to the Scribal Performer; Introduction; The Prophet and the Scribe; Scribe Verses Prophetic Performer; Power in Texts; From Prophetic Actor to Prophetic Character; Presentational vs. Literary; Scribe as Performer; Performative Mode of Thought in a Text; Orality in Text: Social Power; Orality in Text: Performative Mode of Thought; Chapter 3 - Prophets and Performance. Introduction; 1 Samuel Chapter 3; Theatre and Drama Defined; The Social Set of Constructed Activity; Drama: Something that Occurs; Isolated in Time and Space; Theatrical to Dramatic Activity; Building a Drama; Script; Dramatic Segments; 1 Samuel 3: Performance Mode of Thought; Precipitating Context; Project; Chapter 4 - Amos: A Prophetic Performance; Introduction: Is All The World a Stage?; Created Time; Performance Space / Time and False Prophecy; Implements Used in Performance Space / Time; Audience; The Model Spectator; Closed and Open Performances; Structuring the Spectator's Attention; Audience and Performance; Random Audience; Communal Audience; Amos: A Performance Prophet; Chapter 5 - The Amos Oracles; Introduction; Performance Arena; Oracles Against the Foreign Nations (1:3-2:6); Precipitating Context; Explicit and Implicit Activity; The Oracle Against Israel (2:6-16); Project; Crux; Let Justice Roll Down (5:21-24); The Amos Doxologies; Chapter 6 - Amos 7-9: The Vision Reports; Introduction; Drama Paradigms; Amos Vision Reports; The Amos - Amaziah Confrontation (7:10-17); Conclusion; Chapter 7 - Conclusion: The Next Act; Glossary; Bibliography.

"By applying the tools of performance theory, semotics, and reception analysis to the work of the Old Testament prophets both in light of their original orality and the tension between this and textual recording, the authors have opened up significant new areas of scholarly investigation. Their careful analyses will be stimulating not only to biblical scholars, but to anyone interested in the complex negotiations among oral performance, textual recording, and cultural memory." —Marvin Carlson, Sidney E. Cohn Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center, City University of New York