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Reinventing drama : acting, iconicity, performance / Bruce G. Shapiro.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contributions in drama and theatre studies ; no. 90.Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999Description: xiv, 226 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0313309388
  • 9780313309380
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.028019 23
LOC classification:
  • PN2071.P78 S53 1999
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Pt. 1. The Principles of Iconicity -- Prologue: The Premise of Performance -- 1. Ideology, Acting, and Iconicity -- The Persistence of Ideology -- Ideology, Emotion, and Human Nature -- Ideology, Imagery, and Performance -- Redefining Acting -- Recognition -- Cultivating the Audience -- Reclaiming Mimesis -- Rehearsing Iconicity -- 2. Acting and Emotion -- Historical Perspectives on Emotion -- Terminology -- The Affect Theory of Emotion -- "Script Theory" -- Ideology and Affect -- Pt. 2. The Process of Iconicity -- Introduction: The Strands of Iconicity -- 3. The Strand of Events -- The Rules of Dramatic Structure -- The Iconicity Profile -- The Iconicist-Director and Dramatic Structure -- The Semiosis of Dramatic Performance Events -- The Mimesis of Events -- Cultivating Mental Iconicity -- The Characteristics of Playing Events -- Rehearsing the Strand of Events -- The Components of Plot -- 4. Rules and Features of Dramatic Structure -- Iconic Events and Characters -- Features of Iconic Events -- Indexical Events and Characters -- Symbolic Events and Characters -- The Symbolic Intertext -- The Consciousness of Iconicity -- 5. The Intermediate Strands of Iconicity -- The Strand of Dialogue -- The Classes of Dialogue -- Dialogue and Narrative -- Aspects of Dialogue Rehearsal -- Voice and Body in the Dialogue of Timbre and Mien -- Voice and Gesture in Dynamic Dialogue -- Voice and Gesture in Choric Dialogue -- The Strand of Interactions -- Interactions and Acts of Speech -- Kinesic Coordination and Interlocution -- The Iconicist-Director and Rehearsal -- 6. The Strand of Performance -- The Performance Rehearsals -- Integrating the Strands -- The Iconicist-Director and the Performance -- Epilogue: Postscript to a Process -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Pt. 1. The Principles of Iconicity -- Prologue: The Premise of Performance -- 1. Ideology, Acting, and Iconicity -- The Persistence of Ideology -- Ideology, Emotion, and Human Nature -- Ideology, Imagery, and Performance -- Redefining Acting -- Recognition -- Cultivating the Audience -- Reclaiming Mimesis -- Rehearsing Iconicity -- 2. Acting and Emotion -- Historical Perspectives on Emotion -- Terminology -- The Affect Theory of Emotion -- "Script Theory" -- Ideology and Affect -- Pt. 2. The Process of Iconicity -- Introduction: The Strands of Iconicity -- 3. The Strand of Events -- The Rules of Dramatic Structure -- The Iconicity Profile -- The Iconicist-Director and Dramatic Structure -- The Semiosis of Dramatic Performance Events -- The Mimesis of Events -- Cultivating Mental Iconicity -- The Characteristics of Playing Events -- Rehearsing the Strand of Events -- The Components of Plot -- 4. Rules and Features of Dramatic Structure -- Iconic Events and Characters -- Features of Iconic Events -- Indexical Events and Characters -- Symbolic Events and Characters -- The Symbolic Intertext -- The Consciousness of Iconicity -- 5. The Intermediate Strands of Iconicity -- The Strand of Dialogue -- The Classes of Dialogue -- Dialogue and Narrative -- Aspects of Dialogue Rehearsal -- Voice and Body in the Dialogue of Timbre and Mien -- Voice and Gesture in Dynamic Dialogue -- Voice and Gesture in Choric Dialogue -- The Strand of Interactions -- Interactions and Acts of Speech -- Kinesic Coordination and Interlocution -- The Iconicist-Director and Rehearsal -- 6. The Strand of Performance -- The Performance Rehearsals -- Integrating the Strands -- The Iconicist-Director and the Performance -- Epilogue: Postscript to a Process -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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