Date of Award
5-2022
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
First Advisor
Melisa Tien
Second Advisor
Caden Manson
Abstract
The thesis paper mainly discusses the author's creative process of her thesis production- The Epic of A Woman, which collages the experiences of being Chinese women that the author has embodied with those that she witnessed. In analyzing the backstories behind the script and the aspects of design, the paper centers on unfold the approaches that the author used to portray how Chinese women became silent or consistently being silenced by a patriarchal society. Additionally, using silence as an active tool on the stage, the paper also underlines the importance of documenting and portraying silence that should not only use in women’s rights related areas but in all social fields in the context of contemporary China.
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Recommended Citation
Sun, Yuexing, "Portraying Silence- A Thesis Production Analysis Reflecting the Oppression on Chinese Women and Beyond" (2022). Theatre Thesis - Written Thesis. 20.
https://digitalcommons.slc.edu/theatre_written/20
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