Introduction to Play Analysis - Softcover

Pritner, Cal; Walters, Scott E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072500328 ISBN 13: 9780072500325

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2004

Synopsis

Fusing a variety of influences (Aristotle, Stanislavsky, Kenneth Burke, and structuralism), this new text takes students through progressively complex levels of play reading in which they: respond to a first reading; gather information from the play (including given circumstances); interpret the characters and relate them to the conflict; and synthesize perceptions that have been revealed through analysis. Its central principle is that conflict is the essence of drama: the book lays out a systematic process for analyzing plays, relating each element to the conflict explored in each play.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072500328
• ISBN 13: 9780072500325
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144