From Text to Performance
Semiotics of Theatrality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4375774 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean Alter, J B Alter (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 113 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Poetics Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0333-5372 • E-ISSN: 1527-5507 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1772468 |
| OpenAlex | W2334211285 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This essay presents a semiotic formalization of theatrality, i.e., those processes by which theater can be defined as a unique artistic form. As a descriptive system, it will often restate what is evident. On the other hand, some of its working concepts may appear controversial, and the symbolic notations unusual, if not unorthodox. No doubt others could be substituted, but at the expense of clarity and economy. In matters of terminology, always ruled by conventions, adequacy between tools and results should be the standard. Finally, one may regret, or object to, the absence of concrete examples drawn from theatrical experience. In a theoretical essay, the use of such illustrations could only be systematic; and it would have doubled the length of the text. It seemed safer to forsake all illustrations rather than privilege a few, and to rely on readers to supply their
Art · Linguistics · Semiotics · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2024 (41) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |