Code, performance and ideology : the dialogue of reception as dramatic praxis in Voltaire's tragedies

This dissertation undertakes to examine the dramatic prixis and the ideological systems which shape Voltaire’s tragic oeuvre. This study takes the position that these texts are multi-voiced, open-ended and performance-directed. The analytical approach taken draws from semiotic, Marxist and feminist...

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Main Author: Leith, Hope Mary
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1588