An examination of the relation of scientific thought to changing notions of time, space and character in 20th century drama: Chekov, Beckett, Foreman

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dc.contributor.advisorFleishman, Marken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWilsenach, Coba†Marynen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-15T10:29:03Z
dc.date.available2015-09-15T10:29:03Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study examines and investigates the relation of scientific thought to changing notions of time, space and character in twentieth†century drama. The aim of the study is to illustrate the influence scientific thought had on the zeitgeist of the twentieth†century and how this in turn is reflected through the drama in the treatment of the dramatic elements of time, space and character. The focus of the study rests on three case studies, each of which can be seen as a precursor to the following in a linear timeline of the development of twentieth†century drama. The analysis of the three texts, namely Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Go dot and Richard Foreman's Bad Boy Nietzsche, will show how the philosophical notions of the twentieth†century, namely relativity, uncertainty, ambiguity, paradox, complexity and causality (which stemmed from the changing worldview offered by the theory of relativity) is reflected in the dramatists' handling of the notions of time, space and character.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitation (2013). <i>An examination of the relation of scientific thought to changing notions of time, space and character in 20th century drama: Chekov, Beckett, Foreman</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13988en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation. <i>"An examination of the relation of scientific thought to changing notions of time, space and character in 20th century drama: Chekov, Beckett, Foreman."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13988en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation 2013. An examination of the relation of scientific thought to changing notions of time, space and character in 20th century drama: Chekov, Beckett, Foreman. Thesis. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13988en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wilsenach, Coba†Maryn AB - This study examines and investigates the relation of scientific thought to changing notions of time, space and character in twentieth†century drama. The aim of the study is to illustrate the influence scientific thought had on the zeitgeist of the twentieth†century and how this in turn is reflected through the drama in the treatment of the dramatic elements of time, space and character. The focus of the study rests on three case studies, each of which can be seen as a precursor to the following in a linear timeline of the development of twentieth†century drama. The analysis of the three texts, namely Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Go dot and Richard Foreman's Bad Boy Nietzsche, will show how the philosophical notions of the twentieth†century, namely relativity, uncertainty, ambiguity, paradox, complexity and causality (which stemmed from the changing worldview offered by the theory of relativity) is reflected in the dramatists' handling of the notions of time, space and character. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - An examination of the relation of scientific thought to changing notions of time, space and character in 20th century drama: Chekov, Beckett, Foreman TI - An examination of the relation of scientific thought to changing notions of time, space and character in 20th century drama: Chekov, Beckett, Foreman UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13988 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitation. An examination of the relation of scientific thought to changing notions of time, space and character in 20th century drama: Chekov, Beckett, Foreman. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13988en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Dramaen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherDramaen_ZA
dc.titleAn examination of the relation of scientific thought to changing notions of time, space and character in 20th century drama: Chekov, Beckett, Foremanen_ZA
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