Theatre As Sign-System - A Semiotics of Text and Performance

Informationen zum Autor Elaine Aston, George Savona Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung An invaluable handbook explaining the relationship between the drama text and the theory and practice of drama in performance. It also explains the meanings and methods of semiotics and addresses key texts from Sophocles to Caryl Churchill. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables, Acknowledgements, 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. DRAMATIC SHAPE, 3. CHARACTER, 4. DIALOGUE, 5. STAGE DIRECTIONS I, 6. SEMIOTICS OF PERFORMANCE, 7. STAGE DIRECTIONS II, 8. READING THE IMAGE, 9. TEXT IN PERFORMANCE, 10. CONCLUSION: THE WAY FORWARD?, Further reading suggestions, Bibliography, Index

List of contents

List of figures and tables, Acknowledgements, 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. DRAMATIC SHAPE, 3. CHARACTER, 4. DIALOGUE, 5. STAGE DIRECTIONS I, 6. SEMIOTICS OF PERFORMANCE, 7. STAGE DIRECTIONS II, 8. READING THE IMAGE, 9. TEXT IN PERFORMANCE, 10. CONCLUSION: THE WAY FORWARD?, Further reading suggestions, Bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Aston, Elaine Savona Aston, George Savona, Savona George
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.11.1991
• EAN: 9780415049320
• ISBN: 978-0-415-04932-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 216 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc