Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Ibsens Dramaturgy of Gender
Department
School of Communications
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2013-2014
Disciplines
Business
Abstract
While composing a new play titled Theatron, I have been examining traditional Greek gender character types and tracing them through theatre ages. My play ends with a fusion of bits of Ibsens plays as a culmination of such character types. Ibsen plays with the strong and weak female and the strong and weak male trying to find characters in the right combinations who can find each other and come together to help evolve humanity. My paper will look at particular characters from Vikings at Helgeland as prototypes for those that emerge in Ibsens Prose Cycle, such as Nora and Hedda and Torvald and Eilert, to name a few. My paper will provide research intended to further develop the climax of my play.
Conference Name
HERA 2014 Conference
Conference Location
Washington DC
ScholarWorks Citation
Bell, James, "Ibsens Dramaturgy of Gender" (2014). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 979.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/979
