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Walking on Fire: The Shaping Force of Emotion in Writing Drama
Jim Linnell
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Description for Walking on Fire: The Shaping Force of Emotion in Writing Drama
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ANB; CBV; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
In this bold new way of looking at dramatic structure, Jim Linnell establishes the central role of emotional experience in the conception, execution, and reception of plays. Walking on Fire: The Shaping Force of Emotion in Writing Drama examines dramatic texts through the lens of human behavior to identify the joining of event and emotion in a narrative, defined by Linnell as emotional form. Effectively building on philosophy, psychology, and critical theory in ways useful to both scholars and practitioners, Linnell unfolds the concept of emotional form as the key to understanding the central shaping force of drama. He highlights ... Read more
In this bold new way of looking at dramatic structure, Jim Linnell establishes the central role of emotional experience in the conception, execution, and reception of plays. Walking on Fire: The Shaping Force of Emotion in Writing Drama examines dramatic texts through the lens of human behavior to identify the joining of event and emotion in a narrative, defined by Linnell as emotional form. Effectively building on philosophy, psychology, and critical theory in ways useful to both scholars and practitioners, Linnell unfolds the concept of emotional form as the key to understanding the central shaping force of drama. He highlights ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809330478
SKU
V9780809330478
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99-15
About Jim Linnell
Jim Linnell is a professor of theatre at the University of New Mexico and the founding artistic director of Words Afire Festival, a festival of new plays from the writing program at the university
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