| 释义 |
compressionism Theatr.|kəmˈprɛʃənɪz(ə)m|
[f. compression + -ism.]
A type of drama presenting a small number of characters in a confined situation. Hence comˈpressionist n. and a.
1961L. Kitchin in 20th Cent. Feb. 168 Pinter is a compressionist, like Sartre in Huis Clos where the damned pace a hotel room forever. Ibid. 169 Compressionism must have..shot its bolt in the theatre. Its natural home is television. 1963Listener 24 Jan. 157/2 A compressionist play is one in which the characters are insulated from society in such a way as to encourage the maximum conflict of attitudes. 1963Times 26 Apr. 6/6 Compressionism, an intensification of Webernian high pressure, a matter of desperate, boxed-in themes. |