Theatricality and Social Mimodrama
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9250685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pius Ngandu Nkashama (corresponding author) |
| Translators | R H Mitsch |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 176-185 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in African Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-5210 • E-ISSN: 1527-2044 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ral.1999.30.4.176 |
| OpenAlex | W2153435217 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Textbook definitions of theater are often based on "performance" and necessarily limit it to the play. It is therefore appropriate to reflect on the principle of "performance" as the objective and aim of drama. That same definition, however, does not pay sufficient attention to the implications of "scenography." Unconditional factors deal with the relationship that must be established between the actors, on one hand, and the audience, on the other, through the intermediary of the scenic space. If such facts, however, appear definitive in the case of Western theater, even throughout its different metamorphoses and mutations, the same cannot be said for African theater, for the term itself is full of ambiguities, and these are not only due to the perspective brought to bear upon theatricality
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Drama · Linguistics · Literature · Perspective (graphical) · Scenography · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Visual arts · History · Philosophy · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |