postdramatic

postdramatic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
English post-
Ancient Greek δράω (dráō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)
Ancient Greek δρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós)lbor.
English dramatic
English postdramatic

    From post- +‎ dramatic. The notion was established by German theatre researcher Hans-Thies Lehmann in his book Postdramatic Theatre.

    Adjective

    postdramatic (not comparable)

    1. Being or relating to an avant-garde form of theatre since the end of the 1960s, which strives to produce an effect amongst the spectators rather than to remain true to a text.
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