Theatre Semiotics: Text and Staging in Modern Theatre

Fernando de Toro

Published by University of Toronto Press 1995

Theatre Semiotics

Text and Staging in Modern Theatre

Fernando de Toro
Translated by: Mario Valdes

In the series Toronto Studies in Semiotics and Communication

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442682597

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About this book

Theatre Semiotics provides a thorough argument for the place and the necessity of semiotics within the interpretive process of theatre.

Author / Editor information

Valdes Mario :

Mario J. Valdés, FRSC is a professor emeritus in the Centre for Comparative Literature and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Toronto.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
FOREWORD TO THE SPANISH EDITION Marco De Marinis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
FOREWORD Mario Valdés Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
PREFACE Fernando de Toro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER I. THEATRE DISCOURSE
I. THE NOTION OF DISCOURSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
II. THEATRE DISCOURSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
III. FUNCTIONS OF THEATRE DISCOURSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
IV. SPECIFICATION OF THEATRE DISCOURSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
ENDNOTES CHAPTER I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
CHAPTER II. TEXT, DRAMATIC TEXT, PERFORMANCE TEXT
I. TEXT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
II. THE DRAMATIC TEXT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
III. PERFORMANCE TEXT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
ENDNOTES CHAPTER II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
CHAPTER III. THEATRE SEMIOTICS
I. SEMIOSIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
II. NATURE OF THE THEATRE SIGN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
III. THE ICON, THE INDEX, AND THE SYMBOL ACCORDING TO PEIRCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
IV. THE ICON, INDEX AND SYMBOL AT WORK IN THEATRE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
V. THEATRE REFERENTIALITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
ENDNOTES CHAPTER III Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
CHAPTER IV. THEATRE RECEPTION
I. RECEPTION THEORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
II. THEATRE RECEPTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
III. NEW PERSPECTIVES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
ENDNOTES CHAPTER IV Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
CHAPTER V. TOWARDS AN ACTANTIAL MODEL FOR THEATRE
I. BACKGROUND Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
II. THE ACTANTIAL MODEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
ENDNOTES CHAPTER V Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
CHAPTER VI. THEATRE HISTORY AND SEMIOTICS
I. GENERAL BACKGROUND Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
II. THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IN HISTORIC RESEARCH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
III. THEORY OF LITERARY HISTORY IN LATIN AMERICA: ONE EXAMPLE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
IV. THEORETICAL PROPOSAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
V. METHODOLOGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
ENDNOTES CHAPTER VI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
BOOKS AND SPECIAL ISUUE JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THEATRE SEMIOTICS AND THEATRE THEORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 202

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Published: March 22, 1995
ISBN: 9781442682597