No Man's Stage: A Semiotic Study of Jean Genet's Major Plays |
Contents
The Semiotics of Theater | 15 |
The Balcony | 37 |
The Blacks | 77 |
Copyright | |
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action activity actors actual analysis appears audience avant-garde Balcony becomes begins Blacks called character communication complete constitute constructed contains context convention costume creates critical décor definition deny direction discussion drama dramatic effect elements emphasis emptiness established example existence experience fact fictional final frame function gesture iconic identity illusion important interpretation Irma Jean Genet kind language linguistic literary matter meaning method mimetic mirror moves nature objects opposition paradigm paradox performance person philosophical play position possible practice present Press production provides psychological question reality realized realm referent reflection relationship represents requires reveals ritual role rules scene screens seen semiotic signified social sound space spatial spectators speech stage structure Studio symbolic theater theatrical theatrical sign theme theory thing traditional Trans transformation University usually various York