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dc.contributor.advisorCobham, Catherine
dc.contributor.advisorCaiani, Fabio
dc.contributor.authorManucharyan, Tiran
dc.coverage.spatialvii, 308 p.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-10T13:58:51Z
dc.date.available2019-06-10T13:58:51Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-27
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/17858
dc.description.abstractThis research explores the development of the discourse of power and the role in the development of this discourse of the arts and artists as dramatised in contemporary Egyptian theatre from 1967 to 2018. While Egyptian theatre of the pre-1967 and post-2011 periods has received comparably more scholarly attention in Western academia, the post-1967 period has generally been neglected. This period has been described as one of decline and as such of no scholarly interest. Through detailed analyses of Egyptian plays of the period in question, predominantly those by Abū al-ʿIlā al-Salāmūnī and Lenin al-Ramlī, this study fills an important gap in existing scholarship by linking the pre-1967 and post-2011 developments in Egyptian theatre. As such, it aims to achieve a better understanding of the revolutionary and post-revolutionary developments in Egyptian theatre in the context of the socio-political and cultural life of the country. The prologue introduces the topic and the concerns of the research. The six content chapters are grouped into two chronological periods. Chapters one to four focus on the plays of the last three decades of the twentieth century, and chapters five and six examine twenty-first-century plays. Chapter one examines the representations in the plays of characters who practise leadership. Chapter two discusses the self-reflexive technique of representing intellectual leadership in the form of theatre within theatre. Chapter three discusses the representations of common members of society and society as a whole. Chapter four is devoted to analyses of female characters in Egyptian plays. Chapter five looks at al-Salāmūnī’s and al-Ramlī’s work in the early twenty-first century, examining their returns to the issues discussed in the previous chapters. Chapter six identifies how the 2011 revolution and the events following it have been reflected in theatre. The epilogue summarises the conclusions of the research. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship"This work was supported by the University of St Andrews (the 7th Century PhD Scholarship of the School of Modern Languages, the International Student Hardship Fund and the Russell Trust Postgraduate Award) and the Armenian General Benevolent Union (the International Scholarship)." -- Acknowledgementsen
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrewsen
dc.subjectArabic theatreen_US
dc.subjectEgyptian theatreen_US
dc.subjectContemporary theatreen_US
dc.subjectAbū al-ʿIlā al-Salāmūnīen_US
dc.subjectLenin al-Ramlīen_US
dc.subjectFatḥiya al-ʿAssālen_US
dc.subjectNaksaen_US
dc.subjectArab Springen_US
dc.subjectTawfīq al-Ḥakīmen_US
dc.subjectYūsuf Idrīsen_US
dc.subjectMajdī al-Ḥamzāwīen_US
dc.subjectArabic literatureen_US
dc.subjectEgyptian literatureen_US
dc.subjectIntellectualsen_US
dc.subjectAl-masraḥ al-Miṣrīen_US
dc.subjectAlternative charactersen_US
dc.subjectRevolutionen_US
dc.subjectCommitted literatureen_US
dc.subjectAl-adab al-multazimen_US
dc.subject.lccPN2974.M26
dc.subject.lcshSalāmūnī, Muḥammad Abū al-ʻUlā
dc.subject.lcshRamlī, Līnīn
dc.subject.lcshTheater--Egypt--History--20th centuryen
dc.subject.lcshTheater--Egypt--History--21st centuryen
dc.subject.lcshArabic drama--Egypt--History and criticismen
dc.titleOf kings and clowns : representations of leadership in contemporary Egyptian theatre, 1967-2018en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorUniversity of St Andrews. 7th century Scholarshipen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorRussell Trusten_US
dc.contributor.sponsorArmenian General Benevolent Unionen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US
dc.rights.embargodate2024-05-29
dc.rights.embargoreasonThesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Print and electronic copy restricted until 29th May 2024en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17630/10023-17858


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