Semiotics of Drama and Theatre: New Perspectives in the Theory of Drama and Theatre

557 Pages·1985·23.51 MB·English

by  Herta Schmid

SEMIOTICS OF DRAMA AND THEATRE
LINGUISTIC & LITERARY STUDIES IN EASTERN EUROPE (LLSEE)
The emphasis of this scholarly series is on recent developments in
Linguistic and Literary Research in Eastern Europe; it includes analysis,
translations and syntheses of current research as well as studies in
the history of linguistic and literary scholarship.
Founding Editor: John Odmark
General Editor: Philip A. Luelsdorff
Volume 10
Herta Schmid & Aloysius Van Kesteren (eds.)
Semiotics of Drama and Theatre
SEMIOTICS OF
DRAMA AND THEATRE
New Perspectives in the
Theory of Drama and Theatre
edited by
Herta Schmid
and
Aloysius Van Kesteren
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY
AMSTERDAM / PHILADELPHIA
1984
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Semiotics of drama and theatre.
(Linguistic & literary studies in Eastern Europe, ISSN 0165-7712; v. 10)
English, French, and German.
Bibliography: p. 511
1. Drama -- Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Theater - Addresses, essays, lectures. 3.
Semiotics -- Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Schmid, Herta. II. Kesteren, Aloysius van.
III. Series: Linguistic & literary studies in Eastern Europe; Bd. 10.
PN1633.S45S47 1984 792'.0141 84-14518
ISBN 90-272-1513-8
® Copyright 1984 - All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or
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ELIZABETH GILLETTE JACKSON
(exhibits under the name of Leslie Jackson)
Residence and studio: 133 Moose Hill Road, Guilford, Connecticut
06437
EDUCATION:
B.A., Latin American Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1943
M.F.A. (Fine Arts), University of California, Berkeley, 1953
Studies printmaking with Harry Sternberg, Art Students League,
New York; Seong Moy, Provincetown, Massachussetts; and Gabor
Peterdi, Yale University
Fourteen months' writing and studying in Mexico, 1940's; two
years' painting in France, 1960's; 1975, six months in the Soviet
Union, working on drawing of Leningrad and studying icons
TEACHING:
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut
Drawing, painting, since 1960
Yale University, New Haven
Seminar in drawing and its history, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980
Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, Massachussetts
Drawing workshop, summers since 1977
EXHIBITS:
Provincetown, Massachussetts
Gallery 407, 1960
Paul Kessler Gallery, 1965, 1979
New Haven, Connecticut
Ross-Talalay Gallery, 1961, 1964
Ezra Stiles College (Yale University), 1962, 1965, 1967, 1969
Starlight Music Festival, 1965
Trumbull College (Yale University), 1979
Wellfleet, Massachussetts
Bragazzi Gallery, 1966
Left Bank Gallery, 1973, 1975, 1976
Washington, D.C.
Folger Shakespeare Library, 1975
Rome, Italy
Galleria "La Pigna", 1980
Bergamo, Italy, Studio Gianfranco Guerra, 1980
Prints, drawings and watercolors have been included in national
shows, such as those of the Society of American Graphic Artists,
Library of Congress, American Watercolor Society.
Member of the Center for Independent Study, New Haven.

C o n t e n ts
The editors: New Perspectives in the Theory of Drama and
Theatre; an. Introduction
1. FUNDAMENTALS OF THEATRE RESEARCH
Aloysius van Kesteren
Theatre and Drama Research; an Analytical Proposition 19
II. THEORY OF DRAMA AND THEATRE
Mihai Dinu
The Algebra of Scenic Situations 67
André Helbo
Evidence et stratégies de l'analyse theatrale 93
Miroslav Prochazka
On the Nature of Dramatic Text 102
Carlos Tindemans
Coherence and Focability. A Contribution to the
Analysability of Theatre Discourse 127
111. DESCRIPTIVE THEATRE RESEARCH
Erika Fischer-Lichte
The Dramatic Dialogue - Oral or Literary Communication? 137
Harai Golomb
Music as Theme and as Structural Model in Chekhov's
Three Sisters 174
Ernest Hess-Lüttich
Die Strategie der Paradoxie. Zur Logik der Konversation
im Dandyismus am Beispiel Oscar Wildes 197