《研習戲。ǖ3版 英文版)/文學研習叢書》直擊戲劇的本身,審視了戲劇劇本、從人物角色、自白對話到情節(jié)動作,從演員的肢體語言到舞臺的設計,后還涉及影響戲劇的文化和闡釋。作者向讀者展示了戲劇從文本到演出再到舞臺的過程中眾多的奧妙所在,運用語言學、認知科學、表演學、空間設計等跨學科知識,領他們從基礎的角度入手研究、學習戲劇。
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Getting started
Reading the play
Stage directions
Chapter 2 Characters and persons
Expectations about character
Three aspects of dramatic character
Mapping characters
Developing the aspects of dramatic character
Character articulation
Further aspects of dramatic character
Character at work
Chapter 3 Diatogue
The workings of dialogue
The workings of conversation
Speech acts
The stylistics of theatrical prose and verse
Dialogue, speaking position and the choices of reading
Chapter4 Plot and action
Plot, action and situation
Modelling action
Story, plot and narration
Character and scenes
Chapter 5 The actor's body
Stage directions
Limits and margins
Chapter 6 Spaces
Space and A Doll's House
A systematic approach to space
Models and maps of theatrical space
Chapter 7 Cutture and interpretation
Writers
Location
Performers
Audiences
Interpretation
Glossary
Bibliography
Index