Interpreting the Play Script: Contemplation and Analysis

Anne Fliotsos

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Language: English

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

0230290035 / 9780230290037

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Small-format hardcover, xvi + 118 pages, NOT ex-library. No dust jacket. Interior looks unread: clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. A touch of rubbing to boards edges, ISBN label on the rear board. -- Contents: Introduction -- I Contemplation and Intuitive Response [Responding to art: an introduction; Intuitive response and theatre: seeing with an 'inner eye' (Reflective learning and contemplative practice; Exercise: Reflective questions about the play); More contemplative practice: Zen as an interpretative lens (Zen and art; Exercise: Zen and art); Tapping into intuition: breathe, read, reflect (Exercise: Beginning meditation; Adjusting to meditation; Exercise: Breathe, read, reflect); Foregrounding the body as an interpretive tool (Exercise: Tableau vivant); Associational materials (Exercise: Associations and central images); Questions for application; Notes; Sources and further study] II Formalist Analysis [Formalist analysis: an introduction; Aristotle: then and now; Aristotle revealed: breaking down the Poetics (Exercise: Identifying Aristotelian elements); Application of formalist principles (Plot: Causal/Linear; Exercise: Questions about plot; Character (As related to plot function; Exercise: Questions about character function; Character (Analysis); Exercise: Questions about character analysis; Idea; Exercise: Questions about idea; Language; Exercise: Questions about language; Music (or aural elements; Exercise: Questions about music; Spectacle (or visual elements); Exercise: Questions about spectacle); Stanislavski and the actor's script (Exercise: Units, beats, and given circumstances; Action analysis; Exercise: Action analysis paper); Questions for application; Notes; Sources and further study]; III Interpreting the Nonlinear Play [Nonlinear by any other name; Postmodernism; Exercise: The loss of the real; Form and content: the playwright's view; Exercise: Form and content; Visualizing structure: the landscape of a play and concept mapping; Exercise: Concept mapping; Vocality and the playwright's voice; Exercise: New language playwriting; Interpreting the de-centered script: Key moments, lateral thinking, and exquisite pressure (Key moments; Case study: Viewpoints; Lateral thinking; Exquisite pressure); Questions for application; Notes; Sources and further study]; IV Responding to the Script [On finding a path to understanding; Considering the audience and occasion; Exercise: Outlining your presentation; Style and critical lenses; Contextual considerations: global cultures; Allowing for change in rehearsal and production; Questions for application; Notes; Sources and further study; Index].…

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Title
Interpreting the Play Script: Contemplation and Analysis
Author
Anne Fliotsos
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication year
2011
Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0230290035
ISBN 13
9780230290037

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