No Man's Stage: A Semiotic Study of Jean Genet's Major Plays |
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... spectators . " The actor - spectator transaction within the theatrical context is mediated by a dramatic context in which a fictional speaker addresses a fictional listener . " 15 This obliqueness of communication naturally confuses ...
... spectators . " The actor - spectator transaction within the theatrical context is mediated by a dramatic context in which a fictional speaker addresses a fictional listener . " 15 This obliqueness of communication naturally confuses ...
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... spectators , is less easily defined as " play . " Of course , it could be said that a theatrical event is a game played by two teams , the performers and the spectators , its main rule being that the former pretend ignorance of the ...
... spectators , is less easily defined as " play . " Of course , it could be said that a theatrical event is a game played by two teams , the performers and the spectators , its main rule being that the former pretend ignorance of the ...
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... spectators , characters and spectators , characters and characters , a director and actors , a director and spectators . 36 A play like The Blacks proceeds precisely by confusing these various levels , so much so that many utterances ...
... spectators , characters and spectators , characters and characters , a director and actors , a director and spectators . 36 A play like The Blacks proceeds precisely by confusing these various levels , so much so that many utterances ...
Contents
The Semiotics of Theater | 15 |
The Balcony | 37 |
The Blacks | 77 |
Copyright | |
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