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- Title
Reading Drama.
- Authors
ZAMIR, TZACHI
- Abstract
The author discusses the philosophy of theater, focusing on the literature written for the stage rather than acting. The author describes the communicative-rhetorical approach to theater, which suggests that a theatrical performance communicates thoughts and feelings to an audience. The author suggests that audiences attend the theater to experience the act of acting rather than the enactment of a literary work. The author explores the idea of acting as a form of disembodiment and argues against the idea that theater is autonomous from literature. The author presents examples from tragedy and comedy by William Shakespeare, exploring themes including role-character tensions, war heroes, and self-aggression. Plays discussed include "Twelfth Night," "Romeo and Juliet," and "As You Like It."
- Subjects
PHILOSOPHY of theater; PHILOSOPHY of acting; THEATER &; literature; THEATER audiences; TRAGEDY (Drama); COMEDY; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism, 2012, Vol 70, Issue 2, p179
- ISSN
0021-8529
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-6245.2012.01510.x