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How Theatre Means
Artikel-Nr:
9780230232365
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
24.06.2014
Seiten:
248
Autor:
Ric Knowles
Gewicht:
271 g
Format:
203x127x14 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Ric Knowles is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph, Canada, and Editor of Theatre Journal. He is the award-winning author and editor of numerous books, including Theatre & Interculturalism and Reading the Material Theatre.
In this wide-ranging study, Ric Knowles demonstrates how the examination and practice of theatre is enhanced by an expanded semiotic approach. Moving from the history and theory of performance analysis to its practical application and paying particular attention to cross-cultural applications, he examines not what a particular piece of theatre means, but how meaning is produced in the process of creating, viewing and analysing theatre.
How Theatre Means presents contemporary case studies and explores intersections between a wide range of theories and methods. Clear and accessible, this book brings a key analytical methodology to life for students, practitioners and scholars.
This wide-ranging study demonstrates how meaning is produced in the process of creating, viewing and analysing theatre. Moving from the history and theory of drama and theatre semiotics to the practical application of an expanded semiotic approach, this accessible book includes contemporary case studies and cross-cultural analysis.
A lively introduction to the semiotic study of drama and theatre that demonstrates how meaning is produced in the process of creating, viewing and analysing theatre
Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Introduction: How Theatre Means.- PART I: THEORY From Practice to Theory.- 1. Meaning.- 2. Theatre.- 3. Disseminations.- PART II: PRACTICE From Theory to Practice.- 4. Script Analysis and Devising.- 5. Performance Analysis.- Works Cited.- Index.