A Functional Approach to Metatheatre
by
Nadia Anwar
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Nadia Anwar analyzes select post-independence Nigerian dramas through the conceptual framework of metatheater, a strategy that breaks dramatic illusion to foreground the process of play making. Anwar argues that distancing, as a function of metatheater, fosters a balanced theatrical environment by...