The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama

ISBN-13: 9780415280174 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 272 str.

Keir Elam;Elam Keir

Opis

The late 20th century saw an explosion of interest in semiotics, the science of the signs and processes by which we communicate. In this study, Keir Elam shows how this new science can provide a radical shift in our understanding of theatrical performance, one of our richest and most complex forms of communication.

Spis treści

General Editor's Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Preliminaries: Semiotics and Poetics: The Semiotics Enterprise; How Many Semiotics?; The material. 2. Foundations: Signs in the Theatre: Prague structuralism and the theatrical sign; Typologies of the sign. 3. Theatrical Communication: Codes, Systems and the Performance Text: Elements of theatrical communication; Theatrical Systems and Codes; Theatrical competence: frame, convention and the role of the audience. 4. Dramatic Logic: The construction of the dramatic world; Dramatic action and time; Actant, dramatis persona and the dramatic model. 5. Dramatic Discourse: Dramatic Communication; Context and deixis; Universe of discourse and co-text; Speech acts; The said and the unsaid: implicatures and figures; Textuality; Towards a dramatological analysis. 6. Concluding Comments: Theatre, Drama, Semiotics: Dramatic Text/performance text; A united enterprise? Suggestions for further reading. Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

Keir Elam is Professor of English Drama at the University of Florence.