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THE LOOKOUT CHARACTER ANALYSIS by Jennifer Elizabeth Kolmel ____________________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSKI SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF FINE ARTS FINE ARTS August 2007 Copyright 2007 Jennifer Elizabeth Kolmel
Object Description
Title | The lookout character analysis |
Author | Kolmel, Jennifer Elizabeth |
Author email | kolmel@usc.edu |
Degree | Master of Arts |
Document type | Thesis |
Degree program | Fine Arts |
School | School of Fine Arts |
Date defended/completed | 2007-07-02 |
Date submitted | 2007 |
Restricted until | Unrestricted |
Date published | 2007-08-10 |
Advisor (committee chair) | Lockhart, Sharon |
Advisor (committee member) |
Paull, Julia Flick, Robbert |
Abstract | In the Spring of 2007, I wrote and directed the original play "The Lookout" at the University of Southern California, Roski School of Fine Arts Gallery. The play was rooted in the fundamental concept that there are a definitive amount of ideological perspectives in life. The script used historical texts as examples to juxtapose these philosophical concerns as a means to discuss the rewards and repercussions of living life by different ideologies. A wide range of literary writings were unearthed from their historical, cultural and political context and sorted into what I define as six fundamental categories: the hermit, the traveler, the scholar, the naturalist, the idealist and the capitalist. In the writing of "The Lookout" these 'categories' were transformed into 'characters'; the gathered literary texts of each category became the sculpted dialogue for each character.; Contrary to the tradition of script writing, I wrote my play backwards. I began with the actual dialogue (coming directly from literary texts) and from there derived characters. In this written thesis, I focused on defining four characters from the original play as a means to explore and further solidify my theory on definitive perspectives. This thesis as a whole consists of an introduction that discusses the necessity of character development, followed by two short stories about characters in the play "The Lookout." |
Keyword | character breakdown; performance |
Language | English |
Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Type | texts |
Legacy record ID | usctheses-m787 |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Rights | Kolmel, Jennifer Elizabeth |
Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Filename | etd-Kolmel-20070810 |
Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Kolmel-20070810.pdf |
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Title | Page 1 |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Full text | THE LOOKOUT CHARACTER ANALYSIS by Jennifer Elizabeth Kolmel ____________________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSKI SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF FINE ARTS FINE ARTS August 2007 Copyright 2007 Jennifer Elizabeth Kolmel |