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Calcamp, Kevin. "The Semiotics of Celebrity at the Intersection of Hollywood and Broadway." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1471741170.
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Smith, Terry Donovan. "Text and performance : semiotic analysis for dramaturgy and the development of production concepts /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10226.
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Gowan, Gerry. "A journey into no-man's land." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1997.
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This research examines two years of original writing and
performance in stand-up comedy and performance art. The
researcher/artist has attempted to realize in performance
what has been conceptualized as the silenced imaginary of
the Other. Accepting notions of a Symbolic Order which
governs culture, of which woman is not the subject, and in
which woman has no voice, it was proposed that in the ritual
of theatre this Symbolic Order might be refused and the
researcher/performer might find it possible to express her
own imaginary. The experimentation was done within two
theatrical forms which have a history of transgressive
performance and performances were created and performed over
a two year period, first in Australia and then in Britain.
The research is based on postmodern feminist philosophical
notions about the nature of culture and possible resistance
of that culture by those who find its narrative wanting. It
is an attempt to generate an understanding of what is
possible when in the simulated reality of the theatre a
woman rejects inherited visions of herself and seeks to
allow the flow of her own imaginary, her own desire. This
paper documents a rigorous search to develop a new voice in
performance.
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Norman, Amandreas. "Att göra bildkonst av teater : En semiotisk analys av Uppsala stadsteaters visuella retorik under 2018." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Konstvetenskapliga institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448608.
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The purpose of this essay is to examine nine posters from 2018 made by the Uppsala City Theater to determine how the posters communicate with the beholder. The questions asked are: How does each poster work to persuade its beholder that the play it refers to is of interest to the beholder? What strategies are used? And how do the posters correlate to each other? Are there any common or reoccurring themes? The theoretical framework consists of previous research about both movie and theater posters, semiotics, aesthetics and visual communication. A semiotic analysis shows that the posters favor the plays’ aesthetics over information about the production and that the Uppsala City Theater’s visual marketing is adhering to their brand, leading to the posters having a coherent style. Differences between how movie posters and theater posters are designed and the use of nudity in theater marketing are also discussed.
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Simonetti, Alpha Condeixa. "Palavra dramática: voz e tensividade." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8139/tde-16082012-111615/.
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O presente estudo procura descrever os usos da voz nas encenações teatrais, colocando em relevo suas especificidades enquanto objeto sonoro, bem como as marcas deixadas na esfera acústica pela instância do sujeito da enunciação. Como metodologia de análise, contemplamos o arcabouço teórico da semiótica de filiação estrutural e francesa, de modo que buscamos uma primeira aproximação entre os processos de significação mobilizados pela voz do ator teatral e o modelo tensivo desenvolvido atualmente. Para chegar à parte empírica de nosso estudo, refletimos sobre as bases fundamentais da teoria, revisitando o debate sobre as definições de teatralidade contemporânea e, assim, sobre as possibilidades de análise da gestualidade vocal produzida no momento de atuação. Para a descrição de um corpus, selecionamos determinadas cenas a partir de duas elaborações cênicas diferentes, ambas concebidas por Antunes Filho, sobre uma mesma obra trágica, Medeia de Eurípides. Comparamos os usos da voz em relação às construções das personagens e aos seus posicionamentos nas situações dramáticas, observando desse modo as qualificações modais e passionais sugeridas pelas encenações.This study tries to describe the uses of voice in theatrical performances, emphasizing their specificities as a sound-based object, as well as the imprints left in the acoustic field because of the urgency of the subject of enunciation. As an analysis methodology, we considered the theoretical framework of structural and French-based semiotics, in order to seek a closer relationship between the processes of meaning mobilized by the theatrical actors voice and the currently-developed tensive model. To reach the empirical part of our study, we considered the foundations of the theory, revisiting the debate on the definitions of contemporary theatricality, and therefore, on the possibilities of analysis of the vocal gestures produced at the time of the performance. For the description of a corpus, we selected certain scenes from two different scenic constructions, both devised by Antunes Filho, on the same tragic work, Medea by Euripides. We compared the uses of voice concerning the construction of the characters and their positioning in dramatic situations, thereby observing the modal and passionate qualifications suggested by the acting.
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Shapiro, Bruce G. "Iconicity : the presence of imagery in the principles and practice of dramatic performance." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1997.
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This thesis is devoted to an explanation of iconicity, a process for acting and staging dramatic performances. The premise of the thesis is that dramatic performance is generated out of the same innate neural architecture human beings use in their daily lives to execute events. At the core of this neural architecture is the human brain's capacity for internally generating, reduplicating, storing and triggering imagery. The process of iconicity uses this mental capacity to rehearse and perform dramas. The process of iconicity is based upon the actor's innate cycle of
performance, which the thesis explains. This process is also neopragmatic and hermeneutic, using rehearsal to cultivate strands of iconicity persisting and, therefore, conversing in the drama. In dramatic performance, contrived imagery is triggered in the actor, informing a performance consciousness that activates the actor's contrived cycle of
dramatic performance. The research was carried out in rehearsals for around twenty-five productions over a period of sixteen years, during which time the iconicity process was developed in practice. Therefore, this thesis is the record of a journey through artistic practice toward the iconicity process. In order to understand the discoveries made during rehearsals, a variety of critical theories came into play and these are discussed in this thesis. But the context for all theoretical discourse is the artistic practice of dramatic performance. With respect to the presentation of the thesis itself, my aim is to emulate the iconicity process by a linear discourse which, once read,
may be reread in its entirety or according to an individually ordered selection of the sub-headed sections.
The linear discourse itself is divided into two parts preceded by the Introduction. This introduction briefly establishes some foundational perspectives that are meant to orient the reader to the content of the thesis. Part One is devoted to the principles of iconicity. It begins with a Prologue presenting the theory of innate performance, from which I believe dramatic performance derives. Chapter One is devoted to ideology; Chapter Two answers the question, What is Acting?; and Chapter Three introduces the affect theory of the emotions. Although at times the initial presentation of perspectives and principles refers to practice, essentially, the Introduction and Part One
comprise a mosaic of ideas that make up a lateral foundation for the more linear practice of iconicity, which is presented in Part Two. Part Two is much more practically oriented than Part One. However, in order to fully understand this latter part of the thesis, the foundation of ideas set out in Part One must be kept in mind.
The four chapters of Part Two present the strands of iconicity. Chapters Four and Five deal with the strand of events and the rules of dramatic structure, respectively. Chapter Six details what I refer to as the intermediate strands of dialogue and interactions. Chapter Seven
discusses the strand of performance. An Epilogue addresses a few remaining issues about acting and iconicity.
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Turner, Matthew R. "Signs of Comedy: A Semiotic Approach to Comedy in the Arts." Ohio : Ohio University, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1126899710.
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Animbom, Ngong Paul. "Towards the development of a therapeutic theatre in Cameroon: Investigating its practice and reception through a cross-case evaluation." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209340.
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Le théâtre thérapeutique est une espèce de spectacle vivant qui augmente la sensibilité des participants afin qu’ils puissent améliorer leur habileté à exprimer des émotions et des pensées verbales et gestuelles. Comme genre hybride, il fonctionne de la même manière que le théâtre pour le changement social (TPCS) dans lequel la praxis théâtrale est utilisée pour le changement des participants et des communautés ainsi que pour la promotion du bien-être. Cette pratique (le TPCS) est donc utilisée pour le changement social, mental, et surtout émotionnel. Au cours de ces dernières décennies, ces deux pratiques ont été considérées et traitées distinctement. Contrairement à cette perception historique, cette thèse prétend qu’il existe un paradigme dans lequel ces formes se rejoignent. Appelé théâtre thérapeutique, il est beaucoup plus appliqué au Cameroun dans des communautés. Ce cas hypothétique est examiné sous le titre :« Pour un Développement du Théâtre Thérapeutique au Cameroun :enquête sur sa pratique et sa réception à travers une évaluation de cas. » Trois productions du TPCS/théâtre thérapeutique sont donc utilisées :The Boomerang, Ndop et SOS Village Mbalmayo workshops. Le cadre théorique convoqué à cet effet est la sémiologie théâtrale telle que vue et énoncée par André Helbo. Développée de la pragmatique, sa sémiologie théâtrale est basée sur l’émission et la réception d’un message dans le spectacle. À cet égard, il existe des fonctions réciproques d’acteurs et de spectateurs dans l’événement théâtral. Ceci signifie que la distinction entre la production et la réception est tout simplement considérée comme une « distinction pédagogique ».
Le langage du théâtre dans sa production et/ou sa réception fonctionne dans un contexte d’expérience sociale partagée. Dans cette perspective, Helbo parle de « codes de spectacle (conventions spécifiquement applicables au spectacle, au genre, à la période historique), de codes généraux (linguistiques, idéologiques/culturels, perceptuels), et de codes mixtes (codes généraux fonctionnant dans un contexte spécifique de spectacle) » .Néanmoins, dans la démarche sémiologique d’Helbo tout comme dans ce travail, le privilège est accordé au dépassement de la division précédemment mentionnée, pour aboutir à ce qu’il nomme « l’énonciation collective » et la « notion d’observateur actant ».
Ces concepts dépassent le modèle de la communication linéaire évoqués par Mounin, pour souligner que les participants dans un phénomène théâtral sont impliqués dans le processus de création collective ou de l’énonciation collective sous des normes culturelles spécifiques. Dans ce processus, l’observateur représente une fonction spécifique, l’une des conditions de l’existence de l’énoncé spectaculaire. La notion de l’observateur actant « raffine considérablement l’analyse de l’identification initiée par Brecht », notion qui a été incorporée ou prolongée dans le théâtre thérapeutique de la même manière que le processus de co-création. Ce qui est central dans l’application de la sémiologie théâtrale dans cette thèse, c’est le postulat selon lequel le destinataire d’aujourd’hui deviendra le destinateur de demain.
À la fin de cette étude, nous montrons (sans chercher une reproduction du modèle occidental), que le théâtre thérapeutique est pratiqué au Cameroun. L’utilisation des techniques théâtrales favorise le bien-être des participants et contribuent au changement à tous les niveaux de la vie. Cette approche est orientée vers la communauté et par conséquent constitue un paradigme thérapeutique à visé communautaire nommé « théâtre communautaire à visé thérapeutique ». Considéré comme tel, ce paradigme peut être utilisé concomitamment dans le cadre de la santé mentale et de la santé communautaire au Cameroun. Dans ce cas, il sert comme une modalité thérapeutique intégrée et établit un lien entre le spectacle vivant, la santé en générale et la santé mentale en particulier.
Therapeutic theatre is an improvisational method of performing arts that heightens participants' sensitivity to improve their ability to communicate feelings and thoughts verbally and by gestures. As a hybrid form, it functions in the same way as theatre for social change (TFSC) wherein theatre praxis is used to change participants or communities and promote wellbeing. TFSC is seen as an articulated intention to use theatre praxis in the service of change (social, mental, and emotional). Tradition has held these practices distinctly for the past decades. This thesis however, contends that despite these historic perceptions, there is a paradigm where these forms, previously viewed as distinctly different, come together in a spectacle that is therapeutic and applied to mental health in hospitals and community settings in Cameroon. This hypothetical case is examined under the general topic: ‘Towards the development of a therapeutic theatre in Cameroon: investigating its practice and reception through a cross-case evaluation.’ This thesis is based on the analysis of three TFSC/therapeutic theatre productions from the same practitioner: The Boomerang, Ndop and SOS Village Mbalmayo workshop productions respectively.
The research is inserted under theoretical considerations of theatre semiology and particularly, André Helbo's semiotic concepts. Developed from pragmatics, this method of theatre semiology focuses on the manner in which a message is sent and received. In this respect, there are reciprocal functions of actor and spectator in the theatrical event. From this, semiology is applied to understand the theatrical phenomenon in its entirety: production and reception. This implies, the division between production and reception is viewed as “a pedagogical distinction” only. Privilege in this thesis therefore is given to the surpassing of the aforementioned division to what he terms “enunciating collective” (co-creation process), and the “notion of the observer actant”.
These concepts go beyond the linear form of communication in theatre evoked by Mounin to highlight that the participants in a theatrical phenomenon are involved in a collective creation process or enunciating collective under specific cultural norms, and the observer represents a specific function, one of the conditions of existence of the performance utterance (l’énoncé spectaculaire). The notion of the observer actant in effect “refines considerably the analysis of identification initiated by Brecht” and which has been incorporated or prolonged in therapeutic theatre in the same way as the process of co-creation. Vital therefore to the application of theatre semiology in this work is the postulate that the theatrical phenomenon is an act of interaction wherein today’s receiver can be transformed into tomorrow’s sender.
At the end of this research, it is proven that without seeking a reproduction of a Western form, "therapeutic theatre" is practised in Cameroon. The utilisation of theatrical techniques fosters participants’ wellbeing and enhance change at all levels. It is community centred thereby constituting a community-based therapeutic paradigm which is named "community-based therapeutic theatre". Understood as such, this paradigm can be used concomitantly in cases of mental and community health in Cameroon. In this case, it serves as an integrated therapeutic modality and bridges the gap that exists in the health domain in general and mental health in particular.
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Posth, Carlotta Lea. "Persuasionsstrategien im vormodernen Theater (14.–16. Jh.). Eine semiotische Analyse religiöser Spiele im deutschen und französischen Sprachraum." Thesis, Paris 3, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020PA030009.
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Le théâtre religieux, devenu un média de masse dans les villes européennes entre le XIVe et le XVIe siècle, est depuis toujours un défi pour la recherche comparatiste. Malgré les nombreuses similitudes qui existent entre les jeux de différentes zones linguistiques, aucun lien génétique entre eux n’a pu être prouvé. La présente thèse se propose d’ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives à la recherche comparatiste en changeant d’approche méthodologique. Afin de dégager les stratégies de persuasion du théâtre religieux, elle identifie son répertoire sémiotique, consistant en signes linguistiques, iconiques, sonores (musique et bruits) et gestuels. Bien que les représentations historiques soient essentiellement inaccessibles à l’analyse, la « représentation imaginée », inscrite comme potentialité dans les signes transmis par les manuscrits, peut être reconstruite. À l’aide de méthodes provenant majoritairement de la linguistique textuelle, cette étude décrit certaines stratégies de persuasion dans une sélection représentative de Passions et de jeux eschatologiques germanophones et francophones. Elle identifie des lieux argumentatifs (topoï) qui structurent les pièces. Un chapitre est consacré au topos qui inscrit dans une certaine matière un scénario menaçant qui souligne l’importance et l’urgence de la représentation. La comparaison diachronique montre comment des stratégies de diffamation, employées aux XIVe et XVe siècles pour caractériser et diaboliser le collectif des juifs, sont appliquées aux protestants au XVIe siècle. L’évocation d’autorités permettant aux jeux de s’auto-légitimer est abordée dans un autre chapitre. L’analyse des différentes techniques d’évocation permet non seulement de décrire l’usage rhétorique et performatif des autorités, mais aussi de mettre en évidence différents concepts d’autorité. Enfin, une dernière partie montre comment le théâtre construit et perpétue des stéréotypes qui interpellent le public de façon tant rationnelle qu’émotionnelle, entraînant des processus d’inclusion et d’exclusionReligious drama, which developed into a mass medium in European cities between the 14th and the 16th century, has always been a challenge for comparative research. Despite the many similarities between plays in different linguistic areas, no direct textual relationship between them could be proven. This dissertation aims to open up new perspectives for comparative research by changing the methodological approach. In order to identify the persuasion strategies of religious drama, this work considers the theatrical semiotic repertoire, consisting of language, image, sound (music and noise) and gesture. Although historical representations are essentially inaccessible to analysis, the ‘imagined representation,’ inscribed as potentiality in the signs transmitted by the manuscripts, can be reconstructed. Using methods mainly from textual linguistics, the study describes some persuasion strategies present in a representative selection of German and French Passion plays and eschatological plays. It identifies argumentative places (topoi) that structure the plays. A chapter is devoted to a topos, which recasts a certain subject in a threatening light. The plays use this in order to underline the relevance and urgency of theatrical representation. The diachronic comparison shows how defamation strategies, used in the 14th and 15th centuries to characterize and demonize the Jews as a collective, were applied to Protestants in the 16th century. Another chapter examines how the plays use authority as a topos to legitimize themselves. The analysis of the different evocation techniques makes it possible not only to describe the rhetorical and performative use of authorities, but also to highlight distinct concepts of authority. Finally, the last part shows how theatre builds and perpetuates stereotypes that affect the audience in both rational and emotional ways, leading to processes of inclusion and exclusion
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Workman, Abigail E. "Artist Descending a Staircase: Blending Radio and Theatre in Production." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1114209663.
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Bouko, Catherine. "La réception spectatorielle et les formes postdramatiques du spectacle vivant." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210342.
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Selon différents théoriciens (Guénoun, Lehmann, Ryngaert, etc.), la fin du vingtième siècle se caractérise par l'émergence de nouvelles formes théâtrales, marquées par la contamination des pratiques spectaculaires.Hans-Thies Lehmann reprend la notion de "théâtre postdramatique" proposée par Richard Schechner pour qualifier ces formes métissées de spectacle vivant La thèse défendue est la suivante :le théâtre postdramatique trouve sa spécificité non seulement dans la transgression des codes dramatiques mais surtout dans des processus de réception spécifiques qu'il importe de définir, à l'aide d'outils notamment sémiotiques. Ces processus sont situés et construits par rapport à différents modèles interdisciplinaires.
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McCarthy, Patsy. "A semiotics of performance text : how the non-verbal languages communicate in the theatre." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1993. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35807/1/35807_McCarthy_1993.pdf.
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This project is based on a semiotic methodology using a poststructural
perspective. Its aim is to reinterpret semiotics in a way which will show its
usefulness to the. theatre practitioner - the actor, director, designer,
dramaturge, critic and theatre student. For the purpose of example, the
main focus has been on the work of the actor. It uses a process of
readings of two productions (from video) of the Caryl Churchill play Top
Girls to exemplify a method of examining how meanings are made . in the
theatre. For methodology it draws on information from the work of the
Prague structuralists to the current theatre semioticians, but is particularly
indebted to the poststructural approach of Roland Barthes. As it uses a
process of 'readings' rather than searching for a grammar of non-verbal
languages, it, therefore, adopts a postrational viewpoint
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Moungande, Ibrahim Aliloulay. "De la pratique rituelle au spectacle vivant: une approche sémio-anthropologique du Nguon et du Ngondo au Cameroun." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209396.
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Cette étude est une réflexion sur le phénomène de création en matière d’oralité. Elle vise non seulement à étudier la mise en spectacle du Nguon et du Ngondo mais aussi et surtout, à vérifier la pertinence des outils d’analyse sémiologique appliqués à ces deux pratiques rituelles. Dans cette perspective, la grille d’interprétation que propose Anne Ubersfeld ,soutenue par André Helbo et Patrice Pavis ,nous a été d’une importance heuristique considérable.S’appuyant sur le fait que le corpus de ce travail est constitué de deux rites appartenant à deux régions diamétralement opposées du Cameroun et que chacun d’eux procède d’un style particulier, le besoin de recourir à l’approche comparatiste de temps à autre s’est fait sentir. Fort de ce constat, la sémiologie du spectacle vivant qui sert de support méthodologique et théorique est complétée par l’approche comparatiste. Approche qui ne vise pas à assimiler le Nguon et le Ngondo, mais à mettre en évidence les spécificités de chaque rite grâce à la mise en rapport de l’un avec l’autre.
Les résultats auxquels nous sommes parvenu montrent que ces deux pratiques rituelles sont des performances au sens Schechnerien du terme. Chacune d’elles ayant une certaine spécificité.
Le Nguon est à coup sûr une suite d’évènements représentés devant un public par des acteurs en un temps déterminé dont l’imitation et la dénégation en constituent l’essence. Dans cette perspective, il se rapprocherait plus d’une représentation théâtrale. Contrairement au Nguon, le Ngondo est une suite de performances où gestes (minutieusement orchestrés, chorégraphiés), objets et certaines activités ludiques constituent un vocabulaire dont la syntaxe déroule un sens. Dans cette perspective, chaque esprit forge ses propres refuges, ses stratégies, ses fétiches pour affronter cette pratique rituelle où certains référentiels du théâtre tels que la frontalité, la dénégation, etc. paraissent estompés ou abolis pour céder place aux terrains d’action, d’expérimentation et de transformation. Ainsi, chaque moment du Ngondo est une performance accomplie. Fort de ce constat, le Ngondo a le caractère d’un festival où performances, musiques et danses rivalisent d’adresse avec des réminiscences mythiques et mystiques.
Afin de les démocratiser davantage et assurer leur exploitation optimale, nous avons pensé à la création des espaces culturels dans ces régions du Cameroun à partir du modèle que nous proposons dans ce travail. La multiplicité de ces espaces dans toutes les régions de notre pays et sur le continent africain et pourquoi pas dans le monde entier faciliterait le travail d’un collectif de chercheurs venus des quatre coins de la planète pour se réunir autour du concept de la « Négroscénologie », que chaque membre doit entériner et de promouvoir où qu’il soit.
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Daniel, Alastair Kevin. "A comparative study of the spatial semiotics of theatre and contemporary Church of England liturgy." Thesis, St Mary's University, Twickenham, 2008. http://research.stmarys.ac.uk/1020/.
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Monteiro, Rodrigo. "Semiótica teatral : análise do espetáculo O vendedor de palavras." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/34064.
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O projeto propõe-se a analisar o modo como os signos teatrais se organizam e se estruturam no processo de constituição de sentido do espetáculo de teatro de rua O vendedor de palavras, encenado pelo Grupo Mototóti no Parque da Redenção em Porto Alegre. O seu objetivo é observar o funcionamento do código teatral como conceito catalisador dos diversos elementos que constroem material e concretamente a obra cênica, refletindo a partir de estudos realizados por Anne Übersfeld, Patrice Pavis e Erika Fischer-Lichte, além de outros autores do campo da semiótica teatral. O debate acerca da teatralidade acontece no registro da presente pesquisa como parte de uma metodologia que inclui a análise dos diversos signos, a reflexão proveniente do modelo actancial greimasiano e o estudo do personagem.This project aims at analysing how the theatrical signs are organized and structured in the process which leads to the creation of meaning in the outdoors presentation of the play O vendedor de palavras (The Seller of Words) by the Mototóti Group at Redenção Park in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is also its aim to observe the function of the theatrical code as a catalyst concept of the several elements that materially and concretely create a scenic work, theoretically based on studies by Anne Übersfeld, Patrice Pavis, and Erika Fischer-Lichte, as well as other authors who work in the field of the theatrical semiotics. The methodology used in the present research for the debate about the theatricality includes the analysis of the diverse signs, reflections from A. J. Greimas's actancial model and the study of character.
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Hubsch, Jean-Frederic. "Musical theatre in translation: A semiotic analysis of Jacques Brel's "L'Homme de la Mancha"." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27375.
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Translation of musical theatre has been afforded little academic study. This project aims to help fill this gap in order to develop the study of musical theatre in translation studies. This begins with defining the specificity of musical theatre as a form, using prior work in both the study and translation of theatre and of opera. The goal is to position musical theatre as an object for analysis and to outline the constraints attached to the translation thereof. An analysis of the effect on translation of some of these constraints follows based on notions from discourse analysis and music interpretation. Finally, this semiotic framework focussing on the use of isotopy is applied to a specific case of musical theatre translation, that of Man of La Mancha translated into French by Jacques Brel as L'homme de La Mancha.
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Glanville, Joanna. "Hallways. Place and object between body and narrative: scenographic approaches to devising theatre." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33743.
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This explication seeks to frame a practice-led research project that explores the scenographic elements of place and object as an intermediary device between body and narrative in devising theatre. A focus of this work is scenographics as a mediating moment between traumatised body and painful narrative; using objects and place as a means of safely exploring and un/recovering memory to make theatre. The research also explores wider applications of scenographics in their formative and generative potential in devising theatre. The practical research is underpinned and located in various conceptual frameworks. Place is guided by Rachel Hann's work Beyond Scenography (2019) with a focus on place orientation, as well as terminologies of space and place introduced by Gay McAuley in various texts. Object is primarily considered through assemblage, semiotics and phenomenology with a focus on a disruption of the subject/object hierarchy as a means of facilitating a scenographic mediatory stand-in during the devising process and in the final theatre piece. The final practical output is process-orientated and focuses on devising a piece of theatre, Hallways, with other participants using place and object. This will be achieved through sets of exercises, activities and games developed throughout the research process; these will be expounded on in the paper.
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Granke, Daniel. "Decoding Acting Vocabulary." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3110.
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This paper compares seemingly similar words from a variety of acting teachers, and shows how it is impossible to draw clear comparisons between words that are often used as synonyms. The paper is a reflection of the journey from believing in translation to recognizing its impossibility. In Chapter 1 we focus on one of the most common elements in actor training, Attention/focus/concentration, and analyze the shades of meaning in those words and the difficulty of talking about them in isolation. In Chapter 2 we look at the way in which semiotic analysis can explain the words resistance to equivalence. In Chapter 3 we look at one of the central terms in most collegiate actor training objective, and see how it reveals both the problems inherent in translation. In Chapter 4 we look at how this knowledge can influence the classroom in a positive way.
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Barrera, Jofré María Consuelo. "La mujer como personaje teatral: reflejo y evolución de la figura femenina en las dramaturgas catalanas (1975-2011)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/147256.
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Con esta investigación hemos querido dar un reconocimiento a la autoría femenina en el teatro catalán mediante los personajes femeninos creados por trece autoras dentro del periodo de 1975 a 2011, y que tuvo como principal objetivo confirmar la existencia de un Personaje Femenino Redondo, es decir, un personaje excepcional que no es solo reflejo del mundo que se ha representado, sino que más bien, una creación que se aleja del colectivo de una época siendo un personaje más humano, permitiendo así la ausencia de conatos.
El grupo seleccionado correspondió a las autoras más significativas en Cataluña —dentro del periodo— que con sus aportes a la escritura teatral han logrado el reconocimiento tanto del público como de la crítica especializada; tomando como base, a las dramaturgas catalanas con una producción importante, cuyas obras han sido premiadas, publicadas y/o estrenadas en cualquier circuito teatral catalán. Los textos seleccionados tuvieron la particularidad de ser obras en las cuales aparecen personajes femeninos tanto protagonistas como secundarios. Aquellas que presentaron personajes masculinos como protagonistas no fueron incluidas.
Las autoras seleccionadas fueron agrupadas en tres periodos: 1) autoras anteriores a la democracia (Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Mercè Rodoreda y Rosa Victoria Gras); 2) autoras de finales del siglo XX (Lluïsa Cunillé, Àngels Aymar, Beth Escudé y Mercè Sarrias); 3) autoras del siglo XXI (Eva Hibernia, Carol López, Gemma Rodríguez, Victoria Szpunberg, Marta Buchaca y Cristina Clemente). De cada una de ellas, investigamos y analizamos el personaje femenino desde el punto de vista del texto dramático (género literario) y la autoría femenina (gender). Nos interesó el personaje femenino como signo semiótico, por eso analizamos las relaciones entre los personajes y los diferentes elementos que conforman la obra ya que la incursión de la mujer en la dramaturgia significó una nueva forma de entender el fenómeno teatral. Desde este nuevo punto de vista la creación dramática otorga nuevos parámetros que configuran el personaje femenino produciendo un quiebre en los modelos establecidos donde la mujer siempre ha sido un objeto y no un sujeto. En nuestra investigación el personaje femenino adquirió diferentes características que finalmente se unieron en un objetivo común: retratar a la mujer en la sociedad catalana tal como la perciben las mujeres, provocando un punto de inflexión en la representación de la realidad que ha sido construida por una visión masculina.The research presents the results of an analysis of eighty-one plays written by thirteen catalan authors between 1975-2011 period in which we confirmed the existence of a “fully defined and complete female character”, namely, an exceptional character which is not only a reflection of the world that is represented, but rather a creation that moves away from the collective of an age, being a human character allowing the absence of attempts. Selected authors were grouped into three periods: 1) authors previous to the establishment of democracy, 2) authors of the late twentieth century, and 3) authors of the century twenty-one. From each one of them we investigate and analyze the female character from the point of view of dramatic text (literary genre) and the female authorship (gender). We were interested in the female character as a semiotic sign, therefore we analyze the relationships between the characters and the different elements of the play since the incursion of women in the playwriting meant a new way of understand the theatrical phenomenon. From this new point of view the dramatic creation gives new parameters that configure the female character producing a break in the established models where women always it has been an object and not a subject. In our research the female character acquired different characteristics that finally joined in a common objective: to portray women in the catalan society such as the women perceive it, causing an inflection point in the representation of reality that has been constructed by a male view.
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Marsicano, Diego. "O papel das didascálias na instauração de paixões em The December Man." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8147/tde-09052014-100736/.
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As didascálias, também conhecidas como rubricas ou indicações cênicas, ocuparam quase sempre um lugar marginal nos manuscritos e nas edições impressas de peças teatrais, figurando frequentemente como notas no canto da página ou abaixo das falas, que por sua vez recebiam todo o destaque. Entretanto, as didascálias constituem um elemento essencial na construção do sentido da peça, independentemente do fato de determinada montagem ter seguido integralmente as rubricas originais do autor ou ter criado outras para substituí-las. Esta dissertação se debruça sobre a instauração de paixões através das gradações tensivas observadas a partir das didascálias e de seus possíveis desdobramentos, na peça canadense The December Man (LHomme de Décembre), de Colleen Murphy. Para tanto, analisamos o discurso teatral segundo a semiótica greimasiana, a partir dos três níveis de abstração, a fim de estabelecermos a construção do sentido na peça. Como nosso objetivo inicial era investigar uma possível coerência entre o texto ficcional (falas) e o natural (rubricas), fizemos também um levantamento de algumas acepções e práticas atinentes às indicações cênicas, ficando claro que são majoritariamente entendidas como termo acessório ao texto e não como elementos intrínsecos. Outro de nossos objetivos era fornecer aos encenadores subsídios capazes de motivar as ações das personagens sobre o palco. Assim, procuramos determinar e analisar a paixão que prevalece na peça, a fim de demonstrar como as relações eram revestidas afetivamente e encontrar uma paixão que fosse forte o suficiente para agir como motor do trágico. Constatamos que a revolta foi o sentimento que impulsionou e motivou todas as ações das personagens. Após observarmos as relações afetivas, isolamos as didascálias para estabelecermos uma possível constituição tensiva destas últimas (Claude Zilberberg, 2006 e 2007). O elo que conferiu consistência e coerência a todas as análises e observações anteriores, que estavam um tanto desconexas, foi o fazer missivo. Desse modo, pudemos compreender melhor o papel das rubricas na construção dos efeitos de sentido em The December Man. Assim, verificamos que não só há coerência entre o texto falado e as indicações cênicas, mas também que um não se dissocia do outro. As didascálias reforçam e modulam o discurso de forma tensiva, demarcando e reiterando as tensões das falas através das imagens construídas a partir da iluminação, do cenário e da indumentária. Constituem uma figurativização, carregam valores culturais e, com isso, contribuem para o efeito de carga axiológica, valorativa e afetiva das cenas.Didascalie or Didascaliae, also known as stage directions or notes, have almost always occupied a marginal place in the manuscripts and printed editions of plays, often appearing as notes on the corner of the page or below the lines, which receive all the attention. However, didascalie constitute an essential element in the construction of the meaning of a play, regardless of whether a particular play entirely follows the authors directions or creates others to replace them. This dissertation focuses on the establishment of passions and tensive grading observed in didascalie, as well as on their possible outcomes in the Canadian play The December Man (L\'Homme de Décembre), written by Colleen Murphy. For this purpose, we have analyzed the theatrical discourse according to the French semiotics framework, based on the three levels of abstraction (fundamental, narrative and discursive), in order to establish the mechanisms of meaning construction in the play. As our initial goal was to investigate the connection between the fictional text (lines) and the natural one (didascalie), we also surveyed some concepts and practices related to stage directions, which are mostly understood as supplementary material rather than as intrinsic to the fictional text. Another goal of ours was to provide subsidies to directors and actors to motivate the latters actions on stage. Thus, we sought to determine and analyze the plays prevailing passion, in order to show how relationships were emotionally coated and how a passion could act as the motor of the tragic actions. We found that defiance was the feeling that motivated the characters actions. After that, we isolated the didascalie to examine their tensive characteristics (Claude Zilberberg, 2006 and 2007). The missive doing (faire missif) proved to be the organizing principle that gave consistency and coherence to the partial analyses. Thus, we can better understand the role of stage directions in the mechanisms of meaning construction in The December Man: not only do we find that there is coherence between the spoken text and stage directions, but also that they are interwoven. The didascalie enhance and modulate discourse in a tensive way, showing and reiterating the tensions of both the verbal text and action, through the images constructed from the lighting, scenery and costumes. They constitute a figurativization strategy and, thus, convey cultural values and thereby contribute to the effect of the axiological and emotional constructions of the scenes on the plays audience.
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Jimmy, Offesson. "Design i fysisk gestaltning - Design in embodied communication." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-29948.
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Studien undersöker hur fysisk gestaltning i pedagogiskt drama formas under ett lärotillfälle i skolmiljö. Studien använder sig av ett socialsemiotiskt synsätt och en multimodal ansats för att undersöka eleven som utövare av fysisk gestaltning. Fysisk gestaltning betraktas som ett medium och sammanhanget analyseras utifrån ett designteoretiskt perspektiv på lärande. Två grupper elever i 10 års-åldern har filmats och observerats. Resultaten visar att påverkan från regler i skolan, instruktioner och pedagogen beskriver elevernas formella design. Influenser från elevernas värderingar av fysiska egenskaper, teman från deras vardag, från styrande elever och från det sociala samspelet beskriver elevernas informella design. Design i fysisk gestaltning uppstår i kroppsliga uttryck, i tempo, i rum och i material. Formell design, informell design och mediet fysisk gestaltning samspelar i förklaringen av hur elever ordnar sin design i fysisk gestaltning och hur semiotiska resurser används och förändras i fysisk gestaltning.This is an examination of how embodied communication transforms during a session of drama education set in a school environment. Social semiotics and multimodality are used in order to examine the students as users of embodied communication. Embodied communication is treated as a medium and the context is analyzed through a design theoretic perspective on learning. Two groups of 10 year old students have been video recorded and observed. The results show that the students’ formal process of designing embodied communication is influenced by existing rules in school, the teacher and the instructions. The informal process of designing embodied communication is affected by social interactions among students, student leaders, the students’ bodily values and themes from their everyday life. Embodied communication, and in part the designing of it, is described as an interaction between body expressions and the use of time, space and materials. How the students designs the embodied communication and how it transforms during the examined session is explained in combining the analytical themes ”formal design”, ”informal design” and ”embodied communication”.
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Köpsell, Linn. "MAGISKA RUM : om scenografins roll i scenkonstverk för barn och unga." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Kultur, samhälle, mediegestaltning, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-97293.
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This thesis investigates the communicative role of scenography in the performing arts for children, with an aim to make the readers understand the ways in which a set design can be optimized so that a young audience can be able to interpret the play and its message. The art of scenography is complex and includes many elements. The research questions can therefore be grouped into three clusters: one artistic oriented (How does the scenographic process work and what is its relation to the scenic piece at large? In which ways may scenography be used to support the desiderate interpretation?), one audience oriented (Which work processes enhances the chances of creating dramatic art that is perceived as meaningful to the audience? On what premises can the semiotics of theatre be used in the performing arts for a young audience?) and last a cluster that focuses on Den magiska cirkeln (The Magic Circle) by ung scen/öst (What is told in the show and how is this portrayed in the scenography? Who is in the target group, and does the audience get the feeling of the performance as intended?). Den magiska cirkeln is used as a case study in the thesis in order to reflect the theoretical material. Methods in the case study includes performance analysis, a survey completed by 178 people in the audience and an interview with scenographer Anna Dolata. 14 performing analyzes of Swedish children’s theatre shows have been made in addition to the case study. The thesis analyses and compares two work logics; the internal logic and the external logic, and it is shown that meaningful interpretations are likelier to happen with an external logical point of view. But the result is not unequivocal; a performance without any internal logic is likely to fall flat as the performance needs to be extracted from the creators’ full conviction. As shown in the thesis, scenography can be used to amplify the readings and intents with usage of the semiotics of theatre. It is important not to overlook the great potential of scenography in order to enhance the experience. The thesis also shows that the intentions that ung scen/öst had with Den magiska cirkeln went past many in the audience. Many felt that the show was confusing, and expressed frustration at not having solved the performance’s message. A high level of knowledge about the audience, and a willingness to listen and absorb its opinions, increases the chances of creating meaningful performances. Key words: scenography, stage design, set design, stage art, performing arts, theatre, children’s theatre, theatre semiotics, ung scen/östI denna uppsats studeras scenografi inom scenkonst för barn och unga. Syftet är att utreda vilken roll scenografin har för förmedlingen av det som berättas för publiken. Detta syftar i sin tur till att läsarna av denna uppsats ska förstå på vilka sätt en scenografi kan utformas på bästa sätt för att en ung publik ska kunna ta till sig föreställningen och dess budskap. Scenografi är en komplex konstart som innehåller många moment. För att uppnå syftet ställs frågeställningar som kan indelas i tre kluster; ett konstnärligt, scenografiskt orienterat (Hur ser den scenografiska arbetsprocessen ut och i vilken relation står den till det stora allkonstverket? Hur kan scenografi användas för att stödja och förstärka det som önskas förmedlas på scenen?), ett publikorienterat (Vilka arbetsmetoder ökar chansen för att skapa scenkonst som upplevs som meningsskapande av mottagaren? På vilka sätt kan teatersemiotiska överenskommelser användas i scenkonst för en ung publik?) och ett kluster som fokuserar på ung scen/östs föreställning Den magiska cirkeln (Vad berättas i föreställningen Den magiska cirkeln, och hur gestaltas detta i scenografin? Vem/vilka berättas det för, och får publiken den känsla av föreställningen som avsändaren har avsett?). Den magiska cirkeln används som fallstudie i uppsatsen med syfte att reflektera det teoretiska materialet mot ett verkligt studieobjekt. I fallstudien ingår föreställningsanalyser, en enkätundersökning med 178 personer i publiken samt en intervju med scenografen Anna Dolata. Förutom fallstudien har även föreställningsanalyser gjorts av 14 föreställningar som visats på Sveriges barnteaterscener 2012-2013. I uppsatsen analyseras och jämförs internlogisk arbetsmetod med externlogisk, och den visar att chansen för meningsskapande upplevelser hos publiken är större med externlogiska referenspunkter. Men det är inte helt svart eller vitt; utan internlogiska drag riskerar föreställningen att falla platt, eftersom det är viktigt att föreställningen utvinns ur upphovsmakarnas fulla övertygelse. Denna uppsats visar att scenografi kan användas för att förstärka bakomliggande läsart och intentioner med hjälp av teaterns semiotiska teckenvärld. Det är viktigt att inte förbise scenografins stora potential för att förstärka visuell och kroppslig erfarenhet av alla de teman som upphovsmakarna önskar förmedla. Uppsatsen visar även att ung scen/östs intentioner med Den magiska cirkeln gick många åskådare förbi. Flera ansåg att föreställningen var förvirrande, och uttryckte frustration över att inte ha knäckt föreställningens budskap. En hög kännedom om sin publik, samt en vilja att lyssna och ta till sig av dess åsikter, ökar chanserna för att skapa meningsfulla gestaltningar.
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Nunes, Sandra Meyer. "As metáforas do corpomídia em cena: repensando as ações físicas no trabalho do ator." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2006. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/4693.
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This thesis analyzes metaphors that guide the concept of physical action in the work of an actor through the perspective of the cognitive sciences and the theory of body-media elaborated by professors Helena Katz and Christine Greiner in the graduate program of Communications and Semiotics at the Catholic University of São Paulo. The notion of action is essential to studies about the communication of the actor and is present in the genesis of theories of representation and in the modern concept of action. The pedagogy proposed by Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938) by means of a method of physical actions, and later developed by Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999), altered the processes of research and education for the actor. This study is based on the hypothesis that the approach to physical actions, proposed by both authors, revises the body-mind dualism in the work of the actor and points to issues now present in the cognitive sciences. By relating the system of physical actions of the actor with he studies of the body in the contemporary world, this study considers action as a procedural and dynamic system, from the perspective of a body-mind theory. The studies of philosophers and scientists António Damásio, Daniel Wegner, George Lakoff, Mark Johnson and Alain Berthoz are the foundations for the hypotheses presented about the metaphors that spark the action of the body and strengthen the theoretical-practical articulation needed to approach the problem of scenic action
Esta tese propõe uma revisão das metáforas que orientam o conceito de ação física no trabalho do ator à luz das ciências cognitivas e da teoria do corpomídia desenvolvida pelas professoras Helena Katz e Christine Greiner no Programa de Estudos Pós-graduados em Comunicação e Semiótica da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Presente na gênese das teorias de representação e no conceito moderno de atuação, a noção de ação é fundamental para os estudos acerca da comunicação do ator. A pedagogia proposta por Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938) por meio do método das ações físicas, e posteriormente desenvolvida por Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999), alterou os processos de pesquisa e formação do ator. O trabalho parte da hipótese de que a abordagem da ação física, proposta por ambos, realiza uma revisão do dualismo corpo-mente no trabalho do ator, apontando para questões presentes, hoje, nas teorias das ciências cognitivas. Ao relacionar o sistema de ações físicas do ator com os estudos do corpo na contemporaneidade, este estudo aborda a ação, considerada um sistema processual e dinâmico, na perspectiva de uma teoria do corpomente. As pesquisas dos filósofos-cientistas António Damásio, Daniel Wegner, George Lakoff, Mark Johnson e Alain Berthoz fundamentam as hipóteses apresentadas a respeito das metáforas que dão ignição à ação do corpo e fortalecem a articulação teórica-prática necessária para a abordagem do problema da ação cênica
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Brüggemann, Susanne. "Tableau ou action ? De la dramaturgie de Diderot et de Lessing." Thesis, Paris 4, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA040013.
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Diderot et Lessing participent au débat esthétique central du 18e siècle, celui de la notion d’illusion dans les arts visuels. Diderot voit le signe esthétique sous un aspect énergétique, alors que Lessing reste fidèle au modèle rhétorique. Par conséquent deux formes du théâtre des Lumières s’établissent, pour Diderot celui du tableau, pour Lessing celui de l’action. Sur cet arrière-plan, l‘étude offre une comparaison typologique des dramaturgies des deux auteurs.Les raisons expliquant les définitions bien différentes de l’image sur scène sont à rechercher dans les jugements d‘un monde devenu contingent. Diderot favorise un matérialisme scientifique, les anciennes valeurs éternelles sont soumises à un dynamisme de relativité. Lessing s’oriente vers une notion de vérité d’origine chrétienne. L’analyse comparatiste intègre non seulement ces images de l’ordre du monde, mais aussi des aspects d’une sémiotique du théâtre.L’étude établit avec une comparaison entre le Laokoon de Lessing et les Essais sur la peinture de Diderot une première terminologie d’analyse. Le choix des textes reflète ensuite le développement des deux auteurs par rapport à l’image sur scène. Sont examinés d’abord Le Fils naturel et Le Père de famille avec leurs textes annexes. Après nous présentons les idées de la Correspondance sur la tragédie que Lessing mène avec ses amis avant sa traduction des textes mentionnés de Diderot. Des analyses de la Dramaturgie de Hambourg et de Emilia Galotti font comprendre la position de Lessing face au théâtre de Diderot. Le dernier chapitre oppose en résumé Nathan der Weise comme utopie du théâtre à la vision du jeu sur scène décrite dans le Paradoxe sur le comédienDiderot and Lessing both participate in the central aesthetic debate of the 18th century: the concept of illusion in the visual arts. Diderot views the sign as an energetic entity, while Lessing favours the rhetoric model. This results in two forms of theatre of Enlightenment: Diderot’s form is that of the tableau, for Lessing the plot remains crucial. With this in mind Lessing’s and Diderot’s different approaches to drama are compared in a typological way.Reasons for the two orientations are anchored in different assessments of a world of contingence. Diderot presents a scientific materialism. The ancient eternal values are exposed to a dynamic of relativity. Lessing adopts a notion of truth based on Christian values. The analysis integrates not only these sights of world order but also reflections of theatrical semiotics. The dissertation begins with a comparison of Lessing’s Laokoon and Diderot’s Essais sur la peinture and highlights the different approaches towards the aesthetic debate. The choice of text then follows the development of both authors in relation to visuality. Thus Le Fils naturel and Le Père de famille with their annexes are analized. Next, Lessing’s ideas about theatre in the Briefwechsel über das Trauerspiel, a correspondence with his friends before his translation of Diderot’s texts mentioned above, are outlined. How Lessing’s position differs from Diderot’s is further depicted through an analysis of the Hamburgische Dramturgie and Emilia Galotti. By way of resume the final chapter presents Nathan der Weise as a utopia of theatre in contrast to the paradox vision of stage illusion in the Paradoxe sur le comédien
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Lacy, Rachel. "Hamlet's Objective Mode and Early Modern Materialist Philosophy." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32430.
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Hamlet's tragedy is constructed as a perspective of matter that is destined for decay, and this "objective," or "object-focused," mode of viewing the material world enhances theatrical and theological understandings of the play's props, figurative language, and characters. Hamlet's "objective mode" evokes early modern materialist philosophies of vanitas and memento mori, and it is communicated in theatre through semiotic means, whereby material items stand for moral ideas according to an established sign-signified relation. Extending an objective reading to Hamlet's characters reveals their function as images, or two-dimensional emblems, in moments of slowing narrative time. In the graveyard scene (5.1), characters and theatrical props cooperate to materialize the objective perspective. As a prop, Ophelia's corpse complicates the objective mode through its semantic complexity. Thus, she stands apart from other characters as one that both serves to construct and to deconstruct the objective mode. Hamlet's tragic outlook, which depends upon an understanding of matter as destined for decay, and of material items as ends in themselves rather than vehicles for spiritual transformation, is an early modern notion concurrent with theological debates surrounding the Eucharist. Drawing upon art-historical, linguistic, feminist, theological, and theatrical approaches, this thesis contributes to concurrent discourse on Hamlet's tragic genre.
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Thomas, Benjamin. "Illuminating a Tragic Miasma in Shepard’s A Particle of Dread." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/41623.
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Sam Shepard was a playwright who used a variety of stories and styles to explore and understand the country he called home, The United States of America. This thesis launches the process of understanding how Greek tragedy had influenced the work of Shepard in his explorations by looking at Shepard’s final play before his passing, A Particle of Dread (Oedipus Variations). Using the concept of miasma that has been established as important to Greek tragedy to analyze A Particle of Dread and its primary source work, Oedipus Rex, this thesis reveals the extent of the ancient tragic form’s presence in Shepard’s last play. To do so, I approach the work in a combination of theory and practice. I first use dramaturgical analysis of Oedipus Rex, to explain what tragic role miasma has in Sophocles’ play. This is followed by a mirrored dramaturgical analysis of A Particle of Dread to uncover and compare what place miasma (and therefore tragedy) has in Shepard’s play. Following this is the review and analysis of five performance workshops exploring scenes of Shepard’s play which used a combination of performance and lighting to physicalize that dramaturgical work so as to further it and hopefully reveal new aspects through their embodiment. This dramaturgical and practical work results in the discovery of how and to what end Shepard has chosen to use the Grecian content style to analyze and commentate on Western society. The work also offers the chance to compare how the engagement with pollution has changed from the characters of 5th Century BCE Greece to 2014 America, and what that might mean for 2020 onwards.
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Costa, Michel de Lucena. "Orfeu da Conceição: ressignificação do mito a partir da carnavalização do trágico." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2014. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/6290.
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This research aims to analyze the Orfeu da Conceição play (1956) by Vinícius de Moraes, understanding it as a carnivalized tragedy. To formalize this paper, a semiotic study will be conducted to understand how the process of redefinition of Greek myth occurred from the perspective of Bakhtin carnivalization. Having the Semiotics of Culture as theoretical and methodological support, the elements ranging from Greek tragedy and religion to the samba origin, their relationship with Candomblé, coming to an understanding of the twentieth century Brazilian theater will be studied. The Semiotics of Culture will help us understand how the process of "translation tradition" occurred, ie the adaptation of the Greek myth into the hillside home in the 1950s, roaming the fields of dramatic text and music. Finally, with this dissertation, it is expected to have contributed to the field of semiotic studies applied to the theater.
Esta pesquisa se propõe a analisar a peça Orfeu da Conceição (1956), de Vinícius de Moraes, entendendo-a como uma tragédia carnavalizada. Para formalizar este trabalho será realizado um estudo semiótico para entender como ocorreu o processo de ressignificação do mito grego sob a perspectiva da carnavalização bakhtiniana. Tendo como suporte teórico e metodológico a Semiótica da Cultura, serão estudados os elementos que vão desde a tragédia e a religião grega até a origem do samba carioca, sua relação com o candomblé, chegando à compreensão do teatro brasileiro do século XX. A Semiótica da Cultura nos ajudará a compreender como ocorreu o processo de tradução da tradição , ou seja, a adaptação do mito grego ao morro carioca na década de 1950, passeando pelos domínios do texto dramático e da música. Finalizando, com esta dissertação espera-se que tenha contribuído com o campo de estudos semióticos aplicados ao teatro.
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Trindade, André Guedes. "Entre o teatro e a canção: uma leitura semiótica de Gota D'Água." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2013. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/6228.
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This research aims to investigate and develop a semiotic study about the dialogical interactions between the theatre and the song systems in the play Gota D Água (1975) written by Chico Buarque and Paulo Pontes. To achieve this purpose will be required a combination of theories from the Semiotics of Culture, the dramatic language and the song, emphasizing the studies on Brazilian Popular Music (MPB). Thus, we intend to create an inter-semiotic dialogue between the theatre and the song, considering them as two structural semiotic languages to the understanding of the play Gota D Água. In this study, both dramatic language and the song (MPB) language will be considered as a second-degree modelling system, once they convey their own meaning and have singular codifications in relation to the natural language, the first-degree modelling system. Through the establishment of this semiotic network, we hope contribute to the increasing of the systemic communication network of culture itself.
Esta pesquisa visa investigar e desenvolver um estudo semiótico entre os sistemas de linguagens dialogantes da canção e do texto dramático na obra Gota D Água (1975), de Chico Buarque e Paulo Pontes. Para a concretização deste exercício de modelização, utilizar-se-á como lastro teórico os conceitos da Semiótica da Cultura somados aos estudos acerca da linguagem dramática e da canção, com enfoque na Música Popular Brasileira (MPB). Através deste respaldo conceitual, pretende-se tecer um diálogo intersemiótico entre o teatro e a canção, duas linguagens que consideramos estruturais do ponto de vista do significado da peça. Nesta pesquisa, tanto a canção popular, quanto o texto dramático serão considerados sistemas modelizantes de segundo grau uma vez que transmitem significados próprios e também por possuírem codificações singulares em relação à língua natural que é o sistema modelizante de primeiro grau. Por fim, espera-se, através das construções de sentido geradas a partir desta interação semiótica, estarmos contribuindo para a ampliação da rede de comunicação sistêmica da cultura.
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Morais, Hercules Zacharias Lima de. "Como olhos de cotidiano se tornam olhos estéticos? Processos artísticos como processos de invenção de sentidos sobre o mundo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47132/tde-03102017-170245/.
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Como a experiência estética pode ampliar as condições de escuta, leitura e compreensão do mundo? O objetivo desta pesquisa é trazer à luz o campo da criação artística como analogia da construção sensível do ser humano e a constituição de sua visão de mundo. Espera-se poder refletir sobre como o trabalho artístico se relaciona com processos subjetivos, conduzindo à transformação de aspectos psicológicos. Tomaremos a abordagem do Construtivismo Semiótico-Cultural em Psicologia como possibilidade de mediação de um diálogo entre Artes Cênicas e Psicologia, para a compreensão de processos e modos híbridos de criação, com o intuito de poder contribuir com procedimentos que abarquem estratégias de intervenção em Psicologia. Utilizaremos como material empírico os registros da atividade artístico-pedagógica do pesquisador que atua como artista-orientador do Programa Vocacional da Prefeitura da cidade de São Paulo. A forma de análise dos resultados prezará pela compreensão do acontecimento artístico em sua interdependência e interrelação com a pessoa e inserida dentro de seu campo social. São feitas reflexões sobre os procedimentos do processo de criação que envolve a elaboração de protocolos, depoimentos, entrevistas, ações culturais, construção de cenas como produtos artísticos que aparecem, ressoam e ressignificam a vida cotidiana. Consideramos que a experiência vivida da criação artística funde-se a uma pessoa também em construção, que vivencia, num espaço-tempo codificado, outras possibilidades e relações, percebe no advento do artifício sua incompletude como potencialidade latente de reinventar sua própria realidadeHow can aesthetic experience enhance the conditions of listening, reading and understanding of the world? The objective of this research is to bring to light the field of artistic creation as an analogy of the sensitive construction of human being and his/her worldview constitution. It is expected that we can reflect on how the artistic work relates to subjective processes, which leads to the transformation of psychological aspects. We will take the approach of Semiotic- Cultural Constructivism in Psychology as the possibility of mediation of a dialogue between Performing Arts and Psychology, in order to understand of processes and hybrid forms of creation, intending to being able to contribute to procedures that cover strategies of intervention in Psychology. As empirical material, we will use the researchers who works as a tutor-artist in the Vocational Program of the city of Sao Paulo artistic-pedagogical activity records. The form of analysis of the results will focus the understanding of the artistic happening in its interdependence and interrelationship with the person, and inserted within his/her social field. We reflect on the procedures of the creation process that involves the elaboration of protocols, testimonies, interviews, cultural actions, and the construction of scenes as artistic products that appear, resonate and resignify day-to-day life. We consider the lived experience of artistic creation merges with a person who is also under construction, who experiences, in a codified space-time, other possibilities and relations, perceives in the advent of artifice his/her incompleteness as latent potentiality to reinvent his/her own reality
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Sabzevari, Hanif. "Varför tiger du? : Expositionen i sju enaktare av August Strindberg." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9415.
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This is a study of how expository information is presented in the metatext (title, subtitle, prefaces, dedications, the dramatis personae, announcements of act and scene, stage directions etc.) and the dialogue in seven one-act plays by August Strindberg: The Stronger (1889), Pariah (1889), Simoom (1889), Debit and Credit (1892), The First Warning (1892), Facing Death (1892), and Motherly Love (1892). Exposition in this study is defined as a semiotic temporal-structural element that: (1) is not restricted to any specific part of the drama; (2) is present in both the metatext and the dialogue; (3) transfers information about the prescenic time/action (time/action preceding the scenic time/action), interscenic time/action (scenic and non-scenic time/action between scenes), simultaneous scenic time/action (non-scenic time/action that takes place simultaneously with the scenic time/action, and postscenic time/action (time/action that follows the scenic time/action). The study shows that the expository information is presented gradually in the dramas, in both metatext and dialogue, and in all the four categories of time/action presented above. One important result is that the seven one-act plays, despite their naturalistic qualities, also contain components pointing towards Strindberg’s more expressionistic drama. It is possible to talk about a naturalistic or an expressionistic period in Strindberg’s authorship. It is, however, impossible to regard Strindberg as a naturalist or an expressionist in a stricter sense. Strindberg’s drama is too complex and rich to be placed in a certain theoretic doctrine. It is clear from the dissertation that the study of expository information is useful in dramaturgic analyses, and generates various discussions about for example themes, motives, and metaphors. A complete analysis of the exposition, therefore, must also consider elements such as language and imagery.
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Pérez, Lagos Camila. "Les figures des publics sur les sites internet des théâtres en France et au Chili. Une approche semiodiscursive." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCA165/document.
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Cette thèse porte sur comment les publics de théâtre sont représentés au sein du discours des politiques culturelles tant en France qu’au Chili. Ceci est mis en rapport aux figures des publics destinataires des sites internet (y compris les réseaux sociaux numériques) de quatre théâtres publics de référence qui déclarent avoir une programmation dite « contemporaine » et « classique ». La question principale est d’identifier comment ces représentations circulent dans ces dispositifs. L’hypothèse centrale souligne le fait qu’il y a un rapport entre les conditions sociales et symboliques des discours des politiques culturelles qui s’actualisent dans les écris d’écran (Bonaccorsi, 2013) par des signes langagiers, visuels et numériques. L’approche théorique et méthodologique est principalement sémiodiscursive toujours à l’égard des nouvelles catégories émergentes des nouveaux corpus provenant d’internet (Rouquette, 2009). Cette recherche a permis de conclure que les politiques culturelles des deux pays tiennent un discours sur l’accès pour « tous » à la culture, « tous » étant, d’une part, la figure d’un « public plus citoyen » et d’autre part la figure d’un « public plus consommateur ». D’ailleurs les sites internet compris dans l’étude, même s’ils partagent une scène englobante et générique, actualisent (par des signes langagiers, visuels et numériques) différemment leur scénographie (Maingueneau, 2013) en fonction de l’éthos (Charaudeau, 2009) de chaque théâtre. Pourtant, les figures d’un « public national » et « potentiel acheteur » circulent comme traces des discours des politiques culturelles parmi les sites et au sein de réseaux sociaux où en plus, on observe une prise de parole profane (Pasquier, 2009), c’est-à-dire, des spectateursThe subject of this thesis concerns how the audience of theatre is represented within the discourse of cultural policies in France and Chile. This is related to the audience of internet websites (including social networks) of four public theatres of reference who report to have both a « contemporary » and « classical » program. The main question is to identify how these representations are transmitted amongst these devices. The principal hypothesis underlines the fact that there is link a between the social and symbolic conditions of the discourses of cultural policies which appear in « les écrits d’écran » (Bonaccorsi, 2013) through linguistic, visual and digital signs. The theoretical and methodological approach is primarily semiotic-discursive with regard to new categories emerging from Internet-based corpus (Rouquette, 2009).This research led to the conclusion that the cultural policies of these two countries have a discourse on access to culture for « everybody »; « everybody » being, on one hand, a « more citizenly audience » and, on the other hand, a « more consumer audience ». Moreover, the internet websites in this study update their scenography differently (through linguistic, visual and digital signs), even if they share a generic and global scene (Maingueneau, 2013), all of which is dependent on the ethos (Charaudeau, 2009) of each theatre. However, the « national audience » and the « potential buyer » appear as traces of the discourses of cultural policies among websites and social networks where, we can additionally observe a profane speech (Pasquier, 2009), namely, from the audience
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Molina, Jiménez María Belén. "Literatura y Música en el Siglo de Oro Español. Interrelaciones en el Teatro Lírico." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Murcia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/10955.
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La tesis presenta dos partes. La primera sitúa el estudio en sus coordenadas histórico-artísticas. Además, expone los principios teóricos que rigen el posterior análisis textual (Musicología, Semiótica, Retórica, Poética y Literatura Comparada) y sus implicaciones con la Música. La segunda parte constituye el objeto de estudio principal de la tesis: el análisis de los textos de cuatro comedias de Calderón de la Barca insertas en el marco de la Fiesta Teatral barroca: Celos aun del aire matan, La púrpura de la rosa, El laurel de Apolo y El golfo de las sirenas. Centrando nuestra atención en las virtualidades musicales de la escritura calderoniana, defendemos la intencionalidad musical de estas obras ya desde la misma concepción de la historia. Junto a este objetivo fundamental, analizamos otros elementos de la dramaturgia de Calderón: argumentos, temas, tópicos y motivos, estructura dramática, diálogos, personajes, espacio, tiempo y los variados elementos musicales que aparecen.This Thesis contains two different parts: The first one places the research in its historical-artistic background. Besides, it states the theoretical principles which guide the textual analysis that follows (Musicology, Semiotics, Rhetoric, Poetics and Comparative Literature) and their relation to music.The second part consists of the main purpose of the Thesis research: the text analysis of four plays by Calderón de la Barca belonging to the musical court plays of Baroque Period: Celos aun del aire matan, La púrpura de la rosa, El laurel de Apolo and El golfo de las sirenas. Focusing on the potentalities of the Calderon´s writing, we support the musical intention of these works from the very conception of the plot. Together with this essential aim, we analyze other items of Calderon´s drama: plots, topics, commonplaces and motifs, dramatic structure, dialogues, characters, space, time and all the different musical elements which appear
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"A semiotic study of the Chinese theatre." Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5885982.
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Lozano, Carlos Enrique School of English UNSW. "Southern quest: a play and said and done: verbal and non-verbal information in contemporary theatrical writing." 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/40894.
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My critical essay maps out the relationship between verbal and non-verbal information in contemporary theatrical writing. It uses Lehmann's theory of a post-dramatic theatre and Pfister's analytical input to investigate different configurations of the information given by the characters' speech and the information given by their physical actions. The ways in which these variables interrelate define the type of affiliation between theatre and drama in any given text. My essay contends that the verbal and the non-verbal represent the two ends of the spectrum of possibilities of any written theatre text. The predominance of one over the other will determine the extent to which the 'presence' of the dramatist intervenes in the staging of the work. Using Old Times as a case study, I examine the way in which Pinter stretches the gap between the verbal and the non-verbal; by using his knowledge of the stage, he confronts the remoteness of the literary in theatrical writing. My play Southern Quest recognizes the minds of the readers and of the spectators as the place where the closure of the gap occurs. Its stage directions make of the stage, the properties and actions a creation that is parallel to the fictional one (only present in the dialogue of the characters). There is a permanent discrepancy, not a contradiction, between what is said and what and where it is done that demands that the actual assembly of the possible fiction takes place in the receiver's mind. The creative component draws on numerous elements analysed in the critical work, such as the discordance between the verbal and the non-verbal and the use of narrative monologues in theatrical writing. The lack of agreement between the verbal and the non-verbal-a heightened discordance at the beginning and the end of the play, with a minimal discrepancy towards the centre-mirrors the characters' journey throughout the play: from existential doubt to physical agony and back. The theoretical concerns addressed in the essay are explored in the writing of the play and my main formal drive in the creative piece is to explore the division between theatre and drama from within the text.
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Gerner, Alexander Matthias. "Semiotik des Lachens auf dem Theater. Teil einer didaktischen Wahrnehmungsschule des Dramas, dargestellt an produktiven Rezeptionen von Texten von Heinrich v. Kleist." Bachelor's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/46349.
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Krátká, Denisa. "Sémiotika divadelního prostoru." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-340825.
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This thesis deals with the theater as a specific aesthetic form combining visual and acoustic transmission of information within a specific communication model. Theory of theater, which is a independent and self-sufficient art department drawing on other types of art and creating unique artistic communication and experience in a particular space and time. The theater surroundigs and space, which is in the theater clearly defined and divided into zones - the stage and the auditorium. Thus adapted space affects the creation, transmission and reception of signs and require specific procedures of creative work. Particular kind of theater in this work is physical theater and dance. Through movement and dance in the theater transmits communication content in a different way. Symbolism of the body and movement in theater includes theatrical code. This system constitutes the characters and the code with which the operating theater and regulates the material which is used as theater character. At the same time determines how and under what conditions they can be combined characters and the importance attributed to these characters the audience. The empirical part contains an analysis of the performance of shadow dance group Teulis who participated in the project Czech Slovakia has talent.
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Nucová, Magdalena. "Transpozice románu do divadelní a následně filmové podoby." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-350711.
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This thesis examines the semiotic rules and processes of the transfer of the original novel into a theatrical script, and then into screenplay of the film, with practical examples from the novel The Karamazov Brothers by F. M. Dostojevskij, screenplay Karamazov of author Evald Schorm and the film script by Petr Zelenka. It focuses on the processes of dramatization, shows communication models and compares mainly text form of screenplays. Keywords: Semiotics of Theatre, Semiotics of film, The Brothers Karamazov, Dostojevskij, transposition, drama
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MEI, CHIN-CHUNG, and 梅錦忠. "A Theater-Based Visual Semiotic Analysis of the Dance Work── "The Age of Silence"." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/da8pn5.
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Dance is based on the physiological and psychological cognition of human beings, conveying feeling and understanding and then creating imagination and resonance through body movements and expression as a media, to form dancing semiotics with the specific meaning and signification. Symbols structures theatrical performance, giving all the signs to the theater. When a work is completed, it isn’t only a general symbol or a combination of symbol, but it is a signifier. The works of Century Contemporary Dance Company have combined Taiwan’s living environment and social issues in choreography, leading audience to rethink about the appearance of Taiwan’s social issues. Its intention is to present contemporary cultural phenomena, trends, and states of affairs. The Age of Silence is the final part of the marriage series by the choreographer Shu-Fen Yao, reviewing the traditional marriage, wedding ceremony, the struggle between men and women, and the desire for humanity from the contemporary viewpoint. This dance work is full of imageries and signs of the Eastern marriage and ceremony, exploring the relationship between male and female in the marriage, through the dancers’ movement presenting a rich and diverse vitality. The researcher will analyze the visual symbols of theater in the dimension of “Movements”, “Costumes”, “Stage Setting”, “Props” and “Lighting” , and use the Methods of Document Analysis, Interview, Focus Group Interview, and Case Study, establishing the objectivity and value of dance, in order to understand and explain how choreographers use visual symbols to construct the meanings in the works, explore the visual symbols of the dance performances in the theater from multiple angles, and provide a new perspective in interpreting dance works.
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HANG, CHIH-HAN, and 黃智涵. "The Semiotic Analysis of the Characters In Godot Theatre Company’s "Whose Wife Is It Anyway?"." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39d7a4.
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Abstract “Whose Wife Is It Anyway?” This production was premiere at the National Theater in early spring of 1999 and toured around in Taiwan. ; In 2000, this play had present Cantonese version at the Hong Kong Cultural Center ; In February of 2015, “Whose Wife Is It Anyway? ”was staged for nearly 30 times. The staged play was first produced by 99 Theatre which under the Media sphere Communication Ltd.in early 1999 that toured around Taiwan to preform 23 times. This play had broken the record of its kind in Taiwan and said that was the year’s best in 1999. In 2015, it was re-produced by Godot Theatre. The study purposes the theory of Western semiotics (semiology) And based on the semiotics theory of Roland Barthes (1915-1980) which analyze the symbolics and decod the meaning to analyze the composition of the characters , Revealing the social problems that the dramatists have as well as to highlight and ridiculing the distorted values of human nature. The discussion of this research is to explore human and symbols through characterization and to express the meaning through the symbols to go through the state play of “Whose Wife Is It Anyway?” by the interpretation of the theme.
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Tait, Kirsten Laura. "From animated film to theatrical spectacle : a semiotic analysis of the scenography and recreation of Beauty and the Beast (1994) and The Lion King (1997)." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5003.
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This dissertation aims to analyse the re-creation and transformation of animated films into
theatrical spectacles, by examining two Walt Disney animations and productions as case
studies: Beauty and the Beast (1991 & 1994) and The Lion King (1994 & 1997), designed by
Stanley Meyer (Beauty and the Beast [1994]) and Julie Taymor (The Lion King [1997]),
respectively. Through a semiotic analysis of the productions viewed in the Monte-Teatro in
Johannesburg (Beauty and the Beast [2007]) and the Lyceum in London (The Lion King
[2010]), the scenographic choices of the designers are examined to ascertain the ways in
which the re-creation and transformation from animation to theatre occurs. A study of the
different styles is conducted, as the case studies were visually different from each other, and
from their animated counterparts. Each case study contributes to an understanding of the
process whereby an animated film can be transformed and re-created for the theatre. An
investigation into The Walt Disney Company, from its inception to its present day theatrical
productions, is undertaken to illustrate how The Walt Disney Company has become an
influential force in the international performance industry. Responses by reviewers are used to
demonstrate how The Walt Disney Company was influenced to alter the conceptual approach
for its subsequent theatrical production.
To aid in the analysis of the scenographic designs, the theoretical writings of Martin Esslin
(1987) and Keir Elam (1980) are consulted to develop an understanding of how designs are
integral to the reception of any production. Developments of scenography are explored from
Aristotle who states that theatre does not need any spectacle (design) to portray the poetry of
the performance, to Sternfeld’s analysis of megamusicals which illustrates the spectacular
designs that have become integral to the development of certain productions, and genres.
Using Wickstrom’s article on The Lion King an examination of how the commodities produce
meaning from the production is undertaken.
This dissertation provides insight into the development of scenographic designs and the recreation
and transformation of specific elements from animated film to theatrical spectacle
through an appropriation of theories about transposing theatre into film (Egil Tornqvist, 2009).
This, in conjunction with Guy Debord’s theories (1995) on the society of the spectacle, aids in
the analysis of the spectacle/scenography.Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2010.
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Li, Yung-Yu, and 李永郁. "A Semiotic Analysis of Singing Pattern in Theater of Peking Opera- By Example of “The Fourth Son to Visit His Mother”." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6u9987.
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Modern semiotic theories are applied to theater since 1931. In Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, Russian formalistic critics cited theories of Saussure and Peirce to make advanced development in Semiotics of Art. After that, Prague school continually published many works on Semiotics of Theater, which opened a new field of vision for study on theater. For recent years, some theses on semiotic analysis of Peking Opera Theater or Peking Opera incidental music are published. This thesis puts emphasis on the study of the semiotics hidden in the Peking Opera singing patterns, targeting on the singing patterns employed in “ The Forth Son Visiting His Mother” to investigate how the system of Sipi Patterns constructs meanings in Peking Opera, and furthermore to analyze the semiotic properties of singing patterns with the theories of Saussure and Peirce. While making thorough understanding how the touching factors interact with audience through symbols in the singing patterns of “The Forth Son Visiting His Mother”, we hope to do some more initial-stage works on forming the basis of Semiotics of Peking Opera singing patterns.
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Davel, Anitra Michelle. "Tracing the directorial process of theatrical translation : a practice-led case study." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42826.
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The aim of this research is to trace how the theatrical translation process, specifically within the genre of musical theatre, can be systematically approached by a director. Through practice-led research, this study documents the directorial process that was followed in order to translate the playtext of Bat Boy – the Musical from the American source context to the South African context. The intent of the process was to ensure that signifiers of the culture – as set out in the playtext – shifted to become indicative of the cultures of the performers who were cast in the production or target text. The first research phase addressed the theoretical framework of the study and the distinctions between theatrical translation, adaptation and variation were contemplated in order to substantiate the use of the term translation in the two-tiered translation approach suggested. In the second research phase, relevant dynamics in theatrical semiotic processes were used to analyse the playtext of Bat Boy – the Musical. In this, the first tier of translation, the dissertation surveyed the signs at work in the playtext taking cognisance of the ideological and aesthetic codes within the source text. Then, the corresponding social and textual codes within the socio-cultural domain to which the playtext was translated were investigated. The third research phase and second tier of translation occurred on the level of the mise-en-scène. Here, the directorial strategy was to engage the performers actively in the translation process, by including their respective artistic and cultural paradigms in the translation of the playtext and the characters contained therein. The translation of the playtext was explored within the cross cultural – and more specifically the intercultural – theatrical framework by allowing the multicultural and multilingual cast to source their diverse, cultural backgrounds and unique social codes as well as South African theatrical codes in order to place the musical in the South African context. The fourth and final research phase reflects upon the intercultural translation of Bat Boy – the Musical and considers, not only the efficacy of the directorial process for the translation of a musical theatre playtext from one cultural context to another, but also how this particular form of American musical theatre resonates within the multicultural and multilingual South African society.Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria 2015.
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Ramberran, Kevin. "Piñata: a dark comedy." 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31042.
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Piñata: A Dark Comedy is a dark comedy written to explore what an audience is willing to laugh at and what remains when the laughter has finished. Set in a tavern, Piñata showcases the comedic on goings of a few young adults. Stephen enacts an extensive scheme to show Marcy that her boyfriend is no good for her. Stephen’s friend Wick attempts to cope with haunting trauma as his sister, Lily, does what she can to get Stephen’s attention. The characters navigate each others desires and needs through witty banter and outrageous stories. These comedic antics build in intensity until the play reaches a shocking climax. This moment thrusts the audience into a state of discomfort. The play is prefaced with a critical chapter that explores the way in which the play deals with its audience and how the play utilizes audience laughter.February 2016
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Wu, Pang-chun, and 吳邦駿. "An Analysis of Molin Wang’s “Muder at the Armed Forces Museum “ From the Perspective of Semiots of Theatre." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26143333771252378481.
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Abtract Molin Wang has written and published several works in Taiwan’s small theatres since the 80s. They touch upon avant-garde arts and social issues. He established the “Body Phase Studio” in 1992, emphasizing the care of Taiwan’s society. This study seeks to analyze the signified in his play in 2004 “Murder at the Museum of Armed Forces” with the method of the Semiotics of Theatre and Drama. The work is written based on the real social incident of Kuo Ching-ho. Molin Wang draws upon elements in the incident to express his understanding of state violence. In his Semiotics of Theatre and Drama, Keir Elam separates all elements in the theatre into different channels and uses “diachronism” and “synchronism” to analyze the whole. “Diachronism” analyzes horizontally the arrangement in each channel system. “Synchronism” analyzes vertically the acts and their density and presentation. Through these two angles, this study seeks to dig deep into the representation of theatrical codes and the dialogical relations between the signifier and the signified in the subcodes of the playwright. Keywords: Molin Wang, Murder at the Museum of Armed Forces, the Semiotics of Theatre and Drama, Diachronism, Synchronism
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LIN, HSIAO-CHIAN, and 林筱倩. "Theatre Semiotics and Practice of Postcolonial Writing-Back in the Contemporary Taiwanese Indigenous Theatre：the Analyses of《Pu’ing: Searching for the Atayal Route》 and 《Maataw: the Floating Island》by The Formosan Aboriginal Song and Dance Troupe." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/dxk259.
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This study treats the phase of theatre semiotics and practice of postcolonial writing-back in the contemporary Taiwanese indigenous theatre. Two performances which are 《Pu’ing: Searching for the Atayal Route》 and 《Maataw: the Floating Island》 produced by Formosa Indigenous Dance Troupe in 2013 and 2016 are respectively taken for discussion. I want to illustrate three issues in this study: 1. How have the creators utilized indigenous body traits and their ethnic contexts, and weaved cultural semiotics in contemporary theatre? Furthermore, have the postcolonial consciousness represented in these two performances? 2. In these two performances, creators’ focus changes from indigenous ethnic self-identity to resist social violence. Do the creators utilize different practices of writing-back in these different performances? 3. Contemporary Taiwanese indigenous theatres have diversified. They thus change creators self-questioning and further affect their creative fields and creatives style. What kind of new concept and energy will this change, from inside to outside, bright to us? So far, most of the Taiwan indigenous theatre researches have focused on the progress from traditional rituals to theatrical performances, as well as modern dances which combine and transform from indigenous dances and the body traits. Different from these, this study considering theatre semiotics and practice of postcolonial writing-back tries to find out a perspective for future observation.
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Hypšová, Kristýna. "Publicistika formou dramatické tvorby." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-321555.
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This work deals with the concept of theatricality in media and with the usage of media content in theatre. The task is to find out the possibilities of journalism by means of theatre work and at the same time to describe the representation of theatricality in media. The methodology was made on the basis of the combination of semiotic and content analysis. The work also introduces the knowledge of theatre studies in the environment of media studies. The theatre is used as an example when during the reproduction of the communication all the participants know the fact that it is an interpretation. Similar approach is used for media contents. Also the terms actor's character and dramatic character helped to distinguish the real persons represented in media from their media image. The audience often does not realize this difference and accept the offered interpretation from the media and media image of the public life persons as a part of their understanding of public affairs. Dramatic situations are made up in the news service and the goal is to attract attention of viewers and readers. The composition of such situations produced by media is similar to the ones in dramatic art.
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Lanouette, Éloïse. "Estudio semiótico del personaje de Jimena en el teatro : de “Las mocedades del Cid” de Guillén de Castro a “Anillos para una dama” de Antonio Gala." Thèse, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/21127.
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Figueira, João Pedro Salvado. "A transcendência humana através da Arte." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/123949.
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A presente dissertação examina o termo “transcendência” como algo que está para lá dos conhecimentos comuns do ser humano, algo mágico. Explora-se este conceito como catalisador da procura por conhecimento e por estágios mais esclarecedores de existência. Através da arte e da sua relação com a vida pondera-se até onde pode ir a nossa inteleção e debruça-se sobre autores e criadores que, de alguma forma, tentaram tornar o invisível, visível. Por conseguinte, estabelece-se um diálogo entre diversas áreas do conhecimento e expõem-se algumas tentativas práticas de concretização destas ideias.The present dissertation examines the term "transcendence" as something that is beyond the ordinary knowledge of the human being, something magical. This concept is explored as a catalyst in the search for knowledge and for more clarifying stages of existence. Through art and its relationship with life, we ponder how far our intentions can go and focus on authors and creators who, in some way, tried to make present the invisible. Therefore, a dialogue is established between different areas of knowledge and some practical attempts to implement these ideas are exposed.
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Skopec, Jan. "Refugee music jako performance imigrace." Master's thesis, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-304823.
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Keywords music, immigration, asylum seekers in Czech republic, audience, theatre, cultural and medial studies, identity, globalization, postmodernism, cultural antropology, semiotics Summary The aim of this thesis is analyse a music, which cohere with the refugees and the other forms of immigration in Czech republic. Concretely is about the music, which originate from Archa Theatre,which is few years attending to this theme. In this music performance cooperate the asylum seekers and the czech and foreign professional artists altogether. I want to analyse how this artistically cooperation is proceeding, which meanings the particular musicians consider in this concept and which message of this music should be adress to audience. This music is set in the context of the complex artistic production with the immigration themes of Archa Theatre. The related intention of this thesis is to show, which meanings of this music and the relative artistic production find the audience.
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Skopec, Jan. "Refugee music jako koncept performance imigrace." Master's thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-298587.
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Keywords music, immigration, asylum seekers in Czech republic, theatre, audience, medial mening, performance, xenofoby, globalization, postmodernism, cultural antropology, cultural and medial studies, semiotics Summary The aim of this thesis is describe and analyse a music, which cohere with refugees and the other forms of immigration in Czech republic. Concretely is about the music, which originate from Archa Theatre. This theatre is few years attending to the theme of immigration and refugees. The aim of this thesis is analyse the concept of "refugee music" created by Archa Theatre. In this music performance cooperate the asylum seekers and the czech and foreign professional artists altogether. I want to describe for what reason this music concept was created, how this artistically cooperation is proceeding, which meaning the particular musicians consider in this concept and which meaning of this music should be adress to audience. Simultaneously this music is set in the context of the complex artistic production with immigration themes of Archa Theatre. The another intention of this thesis is to show, which meanings of this music and the relative artistic production find the audience. I analyse in which way the audience is influenced with this production and also if is possible in this way to form the...