TY  - THES
AB  - This dissertation analyses Robert W. Buchanan’s (1841-1901) theatrical adaptations for the London commercial stage. It uses two theoretical approaches: Intertextual theory for detailed textual analysis and comparison, and Pierre Bourdieu’s (1930-2002) sociology of culture that takes into account social aspects of literature. This includes society’s various influences on the definitions of “literature”, “literary success” and “literary quality”, e.g. the author’s habitus, his reputation and the expectations raised by it, as well as his social and financial position and background. 
After outlining the late Victorian theatrical field, Buchanan’s habitus and his position(s) therein, this thesis offers six in-depth studies of specific adaptations, with a special focus on the author’s motivation, the changes and modifications of the texts, their presentation on stage and their reception. All six plays are unpublished and can be accessed as manuscripts in the Lord Chamberlain’s Plays of the British Library. 
By analysing the textual and social aspects of Buchanan’s adaptations, this dissertation draws a comprehensive picture of London’s theatrical landscape in the late nineteenth century and of a neglected author. Bourdieu’s approach illuminates especially the subtle nuances and omissions that make Buchanan’s plays unique despite their apparent conventionality.
DA  - 2013
KW  - kommerzielles Theater
KW  - Capital
KW  - Intertextuality
KW  - Literary Field
KW  - Sociology of Literature
KW  - Sociology of Culture
KW  - Victorian Theatre
KW  - Popular Theatre
KW  - Adaption
KW  - Adaptation
KW  - Intertextualität
KW  - Kapital
KW  - Habitus
KW  - literarisches Feld
KW  - Literatursoziologie
KW  - Pierre Bourdieu
KW  - Kultursoziologie
KW  - Robert Williams Buchanan
KW  - populäres Theater
KW  - viktorianisches Theater
LA  - ger
PY  - 2013
TI  - Populäres Drama, literarisches Feld und Intertextualität – Robert W. Buchanans Adaptionen für das viktorianische Theater
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:361-27069215
Y2  - 2024-11-25T04:13:33
ER  -