Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Marsh, Steve , Bojsza, Elizabeth
Date
2012-05-01
Keywords
dramaturgy, frank wedekind, gender, performance, queer, spring awakening | Theater--Performing arts--Literature
Department
Department of Dramaturgy
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71396
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
This thesis is based on the project completed for the Master's degree at Stony Brook University, which was split into two parts: translation of Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening from German to English, and the presentation of this translation as a production. In order to endow further meaning on the controversial play, I sought to undermine the audience's expectations of sex and gender by using cross gender casting and other production values in order to cause an audience to question their expectations of the gender binary and the societal expectation for men and women to adhere to prescribed gender roles. This thesis first traces the inspiration for the project and factors that led to my interest, methodology used in translating the play and casting for the gender bent production, and its overall effectiveness. | 52 pages
Recommended Citation
Sager, Elizabeth, "The Difference Between Boys, Girls, and Otherwise: Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening as Queer Dramaturgy" (2012). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 602.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/602