Theory of Performing Arts |
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| Author:
| Helbo, Andre |
| ISBN: | 978-1-283-35892-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $256.00 |
Book Description:
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n recent years, the post structuralist theories seem to have created a split in theatrological research. But, as Andre Helbo analyses in this book, a dialectic theory of the semiotic and the symbolic exchange bring to light a specific paradigm. From his wide experience as a semiotician and a theatrologist, the author has developed an analysis for the theory of spectacle. Focusing his study on a critical theory of the performing arts, and examining the fundamental controversies, he then...
More Descriptionn recent years, the post structuralist theories seem to have created a split in theatrological research. But, as Andre Helbo analyses in this book, a dialectic theory of the semiotic and the symbolic exchange bring to light a specific paradigm. From his wide experience as a semiotician and a theatrologist, the author has developed an analysis for the theory of spectacle. Focusing his study on a critical theory of the performing arts, and examining the fundamental controversies, he then offers new perspectives and new instruments of analysis: the social aspects, readability/visibility, coherence, the spectacle contract."