Focalizing Bodies - Visual Narratology in the Post-Dramatic Theatre

Through an inter-medial reading, linking film and literary theory, Maya van den Heuvel-Arad explores the potential of the post-dramatic performer in its corporeal presence to operate as a focalizer. Departing from the concept of focalization in literary narratology and transforming this concept into a visual device, the author introduces the notion of the body as a visual narrator and focalizer. With this she establishes an important tool to grasp the relationship between the performing body and the spectator's perception in post-dramatic theatre. With "Focalizing Bodies" the author provides a vocabulary to explore the potential of visual narratology, both in theory and in practice, of post-dramatic theatre.

About the author

Maya van den Heuvel-Arad holds an M.A. in Dramaturgy from the University of Amsterdam where she graduated cum laude. She is currently working as a dramaturge, among others, for Ilay den Boer's award winning series of performances "Het Beloofde Feest". Her play "The Diamond Stars" won the first prize of the international playwriting competition of ITI - UNESCO in 2010.

Product details

• Authors: Maya van den Heuvel-Arad
• Publisher: Tectum Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• No. of pages: 88
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 211 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 147 g
• Series: Kleine Mainzer Schriften zur Theaterwissenschaft; Kleine Mainzer Schriften z. Theaterwiss. 20
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science