Architectonics of Theatricality

The book analyses the practically endless process of signification, formation of meanings, presentation and interpretation on the stage. This strict semiotic environment localizes and defines a theatre performance as a product of an intense sign interaction.

The cultural discourse of theatrical performance defines the theatre sign interaction as an active semiosis. This, in turn, specifies the main objective of the study the formulation of the basic parameters of this architectonics as a fundament of théâtralité. Since the time of Antiquity the theatre has always been discussing general aesthetic, philosophical, ethical and social issues in the context of a visual image of the specific objects of an intellectual discourse. The book takes a close look at this process of signification, formation of meanings, presentation and interpretation on stage: a theatre performance is a product of an intense sign environment and a major symbol of theatricality.

Autorentext

Ivaylo Alexandroff is a director, actor, theatre theorist, semiotician, choreographer and performer. He holds a MA in Theatre Arts from the Theatre Academy and a PhD in Philosophy and Semiotics from the New Bulgarian University in Sofia, Bulgaria, and is a specialist in the field of Argentine tango.

Inhalt
Contents: Theatre Semiotics Théâtralité Performance Signifier Stage Figure Theatre Communication Theatrical Codes Sign as Absence/Presence Linguistic/Paralinguistic Interaction Stage Signification Semantics of Interpretation Mise-en-scène Phenomenology of the Game-of-Lies Differance Derida/Artoud.