Theatrical Aesthetics of Solo Performance and Its Social Functions — Take the Example of Tim Miller's Glory Box

Journal: Arts Studies and Criticism DOI: 10.32629/asc.v3i1.699

Min Zhang

School of Foreign Languages, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210024, Jiangsu, China

Abstract

Queer theory, rising in the 1990s, not only reconstructs the social discourse mechanism related to gender and pathology, but also makes gay community enter the vision of art creators and humanities researchers. This thesis attempts to explore queer writings which has been ignored by the researchers in the theatre by means of the concept of solo performance. This can be properly illustrated by one of Tim Miller's representative works, Glory Box, during which the performer combines personal narrative and cultural criticism in order to form new thinking patterns about gay groups in the United States.

Keywords

solo performance, Tim Miller, Glory Box

Funding

The Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province [KYCX21_1267] "Dystopian Visions in the works of Caryl Churchill"

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