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- METAMORPHOSIS OF LOVE: EROS AS AGENT IN REVOLUTIONARY AND POST-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE.
- Creator
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Laffick, Jennifer N, Zaho, Margaret, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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This thesis chronicles the god of love, Eros, and the shifts of function and imagery associated with him. Between the French Revolution and the fall of Napoleon, Eros's portrayals shift from the Rococo's mischievous infant revealer of love to a beautiful adolescent in love, more specifically, in love with Psyche. In the 1790s, with Neoclassicism in full force, the literature of antiquity was widely read by the upper class. Ancient Greek texts reveal an important facet of the god of desire;...
Show moreThis thesis chronicles the god of love, Eros, and the shifts of function and imagery associated with him. Between the French Revolution and the fall of Napoleon, Eros's portrayals shift from the Rococo's mischievous infant revealer of love to a beautiful adolescent in love, more specifically, in love with Psyche. In the 1790s, with Neoclassicism in full force, the literature of antiquity was widely read by the upper class. Ancient Greek texts reveal an important facet of the god of desire; the fact that he is an agent, if not the patron, for homosexual, homoerotic love. This aspect of Eros directly collided with the heteronormative principles that existed in Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary France, leaving French Neoclassicists with the challenge to reconcile the ancient role of Eros with the moralizing, rational ideals of society. Thus, the popularization of Eros and Psyche in French Neoclassical art exemplifies this attempt to create a heteronormative ideal couple to epitomize patriarchal France. Throughout my thesis I pose the question: How do depictions of Eros and Psyche produced in the years surrounding the French Revolution reflect the antique tastes of Neoclassical artists and the heteronormative society within which these pieces were produced?
Show less - Date Issued
- 2017
- Identifier
- CFH2000195, ucf:46037
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000195
- Title
- THE LAST 2500 YEARS: DEFINING, DISSECTING AND DIRECTING THE LESS LINEAR MUSICAL.
- Creator
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Lewis, Andrew, Weaver, Earl, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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Since the first recorded theatrical events, theatre has been presented in a linear fashion. It is no surprise that the majority of American Musical Theatre also follows a linear plot conception. Musicals that blatantly defy linearity are often called ÃÂ"conceptÃÂ" musicals. However, there is a small portion of concept musicals that do not abandon their linear plot altogether, but instead choose to skew the line in order to give the audience a unique...
Show moreSince the first recorded theatrical events, theatre has been presented in a linear fashion. It is no surprise that the majority of American Musical Theatre also follows a linear plot conception. Musicals that blatantly defy linearity are often called ÃÂ"conceptÃÂ" musicals. However, there is a small portion of concept musicals that do not abandon their linear plot altogether, but instead choose to skew the line in order to give the audience a unique perspective of the story being told. This mass categorization does not accurately take into account the extreme difference in structure of the two types of concept musicals. For this purpose, I explored the notion of a new structural category, the Less Linear Concept Musical, in hopes of identifying the unique characteristics and challenges associated with this type of musical. Beginning with AristotleÃÂ's "The Poetics" and ending in modern day Musical Theatre, I examine key events in the shaping of this musical theatre form, as well as define the form itself. The application of this research culminated in a classroom presentation of Jason Robert BrownÃÂ's The Last Five Years, which I directed. I pose the question, ÃÂ"Can sound direction conquer the pitfalls found within the Less Linear Concept Musical?ÃÂ"
Show less - Date Issued
- 2010
- Identifier
- CFE0003361, ucf:48479
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003361