Semiotics and Pragmatics of Stage Improvisation

By:

Domenico Pietropaolo

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics

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Analysis of improvisation as a compositional practice in the Commedia dell'Arte and related traditions from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Domenic Pietropaolo takes textual material from the stage traditions of Italy, France, Germany and England, and covers comedic drama, dance, pantomime and dramatic theory, and more. He shines a light onto 'the signs of improvised communication'. The book is comprehensive in its analysis of improvised dramatic art across theatrical genres, and is multimodal in looking at the spoken word, gestural and non-verbal signs. The book focusses on dramatic text as well as: - The semiotics of stage discourse, including semantic, syntactic and pragmatic aspects of sign production - The physical and material conditions of sign-production including biomechanical limitations of masks and costumes. Semiotics and Pragmatics of Stage Improvisation is the product of an entire career spent researching the semiotics of the stage and it is essential reading for semioticians and students of performance arts.

Author Biography:

Domenico Pietropaolo is Professor of Italian Studies and Drama at the University of Toronto, Canada, where he is also Principal of St. Michael's College and Senior Fellow of Massey College.

Release date NZ

September 22nd, 2016

Author

Domenico Pietropaolo

Series

Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics

Pages

160

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Dimensions

156x234x13

ISBN-13

9781474225793

Product ID

25477869

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