Reinventing drama : acting, iconicity, performance /
Bruce G. Shapiro.
- xiv, 226 pages ; 24 cm.
- Contributions in drama and theatre studies, no. 90 0163-3821 ; .
- Contributions in drama and theatre studies ; no. 90. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- The Principles of Iconicity -- Prologue: The Premise of Performance -- 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 -- Acting and Emotion -- Historical Perspectives on Emotion -- Terminology -- The Affect Theory of Emotion -- "Script Theory" -- Ideology and Affect -- The Process of Iconicity -- Introduction: The Strands of Iconicity -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- The Strand of Performance -- The Performance Rehearsals -- Integrating the Strands -- The Iconicist-Director and the Performance -- Epilogue: Postscript to a Process -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Pt. 1. 1. 2. Pt. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.