Yale French Studies, Number 112

Josette Fral & Donia Mounsef Editors' Preface: The Transparency of the Text Part I: Avant and Aprs Garde Tom Bishop Whatever Happened to the Avant-Garde? Jean-Pierre Ryngaert Paroles en lambeaux et critures dentreparleurs Bernadette Bost Beyond Drama: Total Theater Ariane Eissen Myth in Contemporary French Theater: A Negotiable Legacy Josette Fral Language Crossings: The Unspoken Must Be Said Part II: (Under)writing the Stage David Bradby Michel Vinaver: From Writing to Staging Donia Mounsef The Language of Desire and the Desire for Language in the Theatre of Kolts and Cixous Clare Finburgh Voix/Voie/Vie: The Voice in Contemporary French Theatre Mary Noonan LArt de lcrit sincarnant: The Theatre of Nolle Renaude Part III: Disputed Textualities Judith Miller Is There A Specifically Francophone African Stage Textuality? Sylvie Chalaye Contemporary Francophone Writings for the Theater from Africa and the West Indies Yves Jubinville Death and Birth of the Author: Toward a New History of Qubcois Playwriting Philippa Wehle Waiting for the Next Big Thing: Why Do American Audiences Have Such Difficulty with Contemporary French Playwrights?