{"id":378,"date":"2014-08-20T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsudlr.wordpress.com\/?p=378"},"modified":"2014-08-20T12:00:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T18:00:45","slug":"the-spirit-of-a-thought-in-a-fictional-world-summoning-ghosts-to-the-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/dlr\/2014\/08\/20\/the-spirit-of-a-thought-in-a-fictional-world-summoning-ghosts-to-the-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spirit of a Thought in a Fictional World: Summoning Ghosts to the Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Works of art are inherently spectral in that they are fictional representations of life and reality, particularly theatre, which brings into a nonexistent world to life by creating layers of performance between audience and actors, and even the characters of the play. Through a close reading of both the text and performance of Henrik Ibsen&#8217;s tragedy <em>Ghosts<\/em>, this paper explores the relationship between theatre and hauntings, unpacking the layers of spectrality of stage props and the employment of silence onstage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/bsudlr\/docs\/digitalliteraturereviewissue1\/88\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Works of art are inherently spectral in that they are fictional representations of life and reality, particularly theatre, which brings into a nonexistent world to life by creating layers of performance between audience and actors, and even the characters of the play. 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