Date Thesis Awarded
Spring 2013
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Theatre, Speech & Dance
Advisor
Laurie J. Wolf
Committee Members
Laura Friedman
Elizabeth Wiley
Richard H. Palmer
Abstract
In my thesis, I analyze Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" using the works of Victor Turner and Mikhail Bakhtin, searching the text for liminality, carnival, and communitas. The thesis accounts for a production of the play that I directed in Fall 2012, in which we sought to create liminal theatrical experiences for the audience, bringing them into a state of communitas. The extension of agency and community to the audience parallels the play's "opening," which occurs in the second half in its pastoral scenes.
Recommended Citation
Lauer, Benjamin, "'The Winter's Tale:' Liminality and Communitas in Analysis and Performance" (2013). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 864.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/864
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.