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Helene Cixous (1937-), distinguished not least as a playwright herself, told Le Monde in 1977 that she no longer went to the theatre: it presented women only as reflections of men, used for their visual effect. The theatre she wanted would stress the auditory, giving voice to ways of being that had previously been silenced. She was by no means alone in this. Cixous's plays, along with those of Nathalie Sarraute (1900-99), Marguerite Duras (1914-96), and Noelle Renaude (1949-), among others, have proved potent in drawing participants into a dynamic 'space of the voice'. If, as psychoanalysis suggests, voice represents a transitional condition between body and language, such plays may draw their audiences in to understandings previously never spoken. In this ground-breaking study, Noonan explores the rich possibilities of this new audio-vocal form of theatre, and what it can reveal of the auditory self. Mary Noonan is Lecturer in French at University College Cork.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Echo's Voice
• Author: Mary Noonan
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 176
• EAN: 9781907975509
• ISBN: 1907975500
• ID: 02091078
• Publisher: Maney Publishing
• Weight: 482 g
• Dimensions: 254 × 171 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 2014

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