Algerian Theatre

Algerian Arabic rhythm classification

This paper investigates speech timing in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) of Algerian speakers in order to situate their Arabic language between stressed-timed and syllable-timed languages. We extracted first all duration measurements from recordings taken from sound voice bank ALGASD (ALGerian Arabic Speech Database) and after computed durations with using recently interesting rhythmic approaches.

Assia Djebar and Algerian Cultural Memory: Reimagining, Repositioning and Rewriting in Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade

Aids to Theatre Technique

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Twentieth-century Theatre

Downloaded: 30 May 2012 IP address: 148.88.176.155 In his excellent introductory essay, Mayer not only discusses the theatrical history, nature, and function of the plays, but also their ideological significance both in Britain and America. He sees them as a response to many of the cultural and social anxieties of the age: the crisis of religious faith, the rise of feminism, the emergence of cl...

Badis as Theatre

In this paper, an application designed for use as a pedagogical resource in a distance education course is evaluated following the framework of dramatic theory for design of human-computer experiences, which is developed by Brenda Laurel based on Aristotelian aesthetics and includes concepts such as direct engagement, first-personness, mimesis and catharsis. This framework is then critically st...