Essays about: "Takarazuka"

Found 1 essay containing the word Takarazuka.

  1. 1. Who Did You Say You Were? : A case study of character creation through language usage in Takarazuka plays

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Helena Nilsson; [2016]
    Keywords : role language; yakuwarigo; archetypes; Kinsui; Vogler; Takarazuka; Japanese; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This case study of the effectiveness of the usage of Japanese role language uses character portrayals from performances by the theatre company Takarazuka Revue to investigate how native Japanese speakers perceive characters solely based upon lexical or grammatical cues in spoken language. With a foundation in Satoshi Kinsui’s description of role language and Christopher Vogler’s character archetypes, a number of protagonists, antagonists and supporting characters were selected for their disparate characteristics and conformity with different stereotypes to see if there were particular speech patterns which could be seen for example among good and evil characters, or protagonists and non-protagonists. READ MORE