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Theatre Sciences: A Plea for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Theatre Studies
Eli Rozik
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Description for Theatre Sciences: A Plea for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Theatre Studies
Hardcover. Num Pages: 340 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Traditional theatre semiotics promoted a scientific approach to theatre studies, albeit viewing semiotics as the unique discipline of research. Theatre Sciences: A Plea for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Theatre Studies suggests instead a multi-disciplinary approach, including the following theoretical disciplines: narratology, mythology, pragmatics, ethics, theatre irony, theory of genres, aesthetics, semiotics, theory of non-verbal figures of speech, rhetoric, psychoanalysis, reception theory, history, and sociology -- with semiotics being only one among equals. These disciplines are presented from the perspective of their possible contributions to a sound methodology of theatre-texts analysis. Traditional theatre semiotics, moreover, holds the view that the actual ... Read more
Traditional theatre semiotics promoted a scientific approach to theatre studies, albeit viewing semiotics as the unique discipline of research. Theatre Sciences: A Plea for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Theatre Studies suggests instead a multi-disciplinary approach, including the following theoretical disciplines: narratology, mythology, pragmatics, ethics, theatre irony, theory of genres, aesthetics, semiotics, theory of non-verbal figures of speech, rhetoric, psychoanalysis, reception theory, history, and sociology -- with semiotics being only one among equals. These disciplines are presented from the perspective of their possible contributions to a sound methodology of theatre-texts analysis. Traditional theatre semiotics, moreover, holds the view that the actual ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845196288
SKU
V9781845196288
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About Eli Rozik
Eli Rozik is Ph.D. and professor emeritus of theatre studies. He was twice head of the Department of Theatre Studies and Dean of the Faculty of the Arts at Tel Aviv University. He specializes in theatre theory, particularly in non-verbal communication in performance analysis; and has published numerous articles in international leading journals in Europe and the US. His books ... Read more
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