{"product_id":"a-student-guide-to-play-analysis","title":"A Student Guide to Play Analysis","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the skills of a playwright, the vision of a producer, and the wisdom of an experienced teacher, David Rush offers a fresh and innovative guide to interpreting drama in A Student Guide to Play Analysis, the first undergraduate teaching tool to address postmodern drama in addition to classic and modern. Covering a wide gamut of texts and genres, this farreaching and userfriendly volume is easily paired with most anthologies of plays and is accessible even to those without a literary background.Contending that there are no right or wrong answers in play analysis, Rush emphasizes the importance of students developing insights of their own. The process is twofold: understand the critical terms that are used to define various parts and then apply these to a particular play. Rush clarifies the concepts of plot, character, and language, advancing Aristotles concept of the Four Causes as a method for approaching a play through various critical windows. He describes the essential difference between a story and a play, outlines four ways of looking at plays, and then takes up the typical structural devices of a wellmade play, four primary genres and their hybrids, and numerous styles, from expressionism to postmodernism.For each subject, he defines critical norms and analyzes plays common to the canon. A Student Guide to Play Analysis draws on thoughtful examinations of such dramas as The Cherry Orchard, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Fences, The Little Foxes, A Doll House, The Glass Menagerie, and The Emperor Jones. Each chapter ends with a list of questions that will guide students in further study.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Rush, David \/ paperback","offer_id":47840410108149,"sku":"SONG0809326094","price":9.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/6125fzeEyhL.jpg?v=1773749897","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/a-student-guide-to-play-analysis","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}