Semiotics of Theatre and Drama

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1、TheSemioticsofTheatreandDrama‘TheNewAccentstitlesareofthehighestinterestforliterarytheoryandGeneralEditorTerenceHawkesrepresentsaguarantee.IhaveparticularlyappreciatedtheworkofKeirElam.’UmbertoEcoThelatetwentiethcenturysawanexplosionofinterestinsemiotics,thescienceofthesignsandprocessesbyw

2、hichwecommunicate.Inthisstudy,thefirstofitskindinEnglish,KeirElamshowshowthisnew‘science’canprovidearadicalshiftinourunderstandingoftheatricalperformance,oneofourrichestandmostcomplexformsofcommunication.Elamtracesthehistoryofsemioticapproachestoperformance,from1930sPragueonwards,andpresen

3、tsamodeloftheatricalcommunication.Inthecourseofhisstudy,hetouchesuponthe‘logic’ofthedramaandtheanalysisofdramaticdiscourse.Thiseditionalsoincludesanewpost-scriptbytheauthor,lookingatthefateoftheatresemioticssincethepublicationofthisbook,andafullyupdatedbibliography.Muchpraisedforitsaccessi

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