Author : Keir Elam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1134465122
Keir Elam showed how this new 'science' could provide a radical shift in our understanding of theatrical performance, one of our very richest and most complex forms of communication.
Author : Marvin Carlson
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,3 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Erika Fischer-Lichte
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,5 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780253322371
"The most thorough, systematic and convincing semiotics of the theater we have. . . . [L]ike those of Eco, it is an important conceptual synthesis, and a bibliographical gold mine." —Modern Language Notes" . . . impresses with its thoroughness and the informed perspective of its author . . . " —Theatre Survey" . . . a classic text . . . " —Theatre Research International"Immediately accessible to readers with some knowledge of theater but not much of semiotics. . . . For anyone with an interest in theater production and performance, or indeed theater history." —Marvin Carlson
Author : Marco De Marinis
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,31 MB
Release : 1993-03-22
Category : Literary Criticism & Collections
ISBN : 9780253112712
"The book... succeeds at refining elements in the problem that semiotics and theater represent to and for one another." -- Choice "The Semiotics of Performance surprisingly retains its revelatory freshness, and actually opens up areas of reseach that could very well supply new incentives for further probing into what semiotics can offer to the study of theatre." -- Theatre Survey
Author : Elaine Aston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 18,68 MB
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1136112286
This invaluable student handbook is the first detailed guide to explain in detail the relationship between the drama text and the theory and practice of drama in performance. Beginning at the beginning, with accessible explanations of the meanings and methods of semiotics, Theatre as Sign System addresses key drama texts and offers new and detailed information about the theories of performance.
Author : Marvin Carlson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 15,26 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780801480942
Explores the cultural, social, and poltical aspects of theatrical architecture, from the threatres of ancient Greece of the present.
Author : Herta Schmid
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 32,95 MB
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9027279675
The volume presents perspectives in the theory of drama and theatre that are new for the following reasons: 1) the contributions reflect the international cooperation in developing drama and theatre as well as its theories; 2) this collection is the first attempt of presenting papers within the context of (Analytical) Theory of Science; 3) it is the first consistent set of papers starting from semiotics a s a meta-theory. The volume is divided into four sections: I Fundamental of Theatre Research, II Theory of Drama and Theatre, III Descriptive Theatre Research, IV Applied Theatre Research. The fifth and final section offers a selective bibliography of analytical approaches to drama and theatre.
Author : Mark Fortier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 27,28 MB
Release : 2005-07-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1134523645
This is a new and enlarged edition of Mark Fortier's very successful and widely used essential text for students. Theory/Theatre provides a unique and engaging introduction to literary theory as it relates to theatre and performance. Fortier lucidly examines current theoretical approaches, from semiotics, poststructuralism, through cultural materialism, postcolonial studies and feminist theory. This new edition includes: * More detailed explanation of key ideas * New 'Putting it into practice' sections at the end of each chapter so you can approach performances from specific theoretical perspectives * Annotated further reading section and glossary. Theory/Theatre is still the only study of its kind and is invaluable reading for beginning students and scholars of performance studies.
Author : Jon Whitmore
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 26,30 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780472065578
An introduction to theatrical directing using the concepts and terminology of semiotic theory
Author : Elaine Aston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,8 MB
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1136112367
This invaluable student handbook is the first detailed guide to explain in detail the relationship between the drama text and the theory and practice of drama in performance. Beginning at the beginning, with accessible explanations of the meanings and methods of semiotics, Theatre as Sign System addresses key drama texts and offers new and detailed information about the theories of performance.
