Future Theatre Research: Origin, Medium, Performance-Text, Reception and Acting

Rozik, Eli

ISBN 10: 1845198344 / ISBN 13: 9781845198343

Published by Sussex Academic Press, 2016

About this Item

Num Pages: 320 pages, illus. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496. . 2016. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781845198343

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Future Theatre Research: Origin, Medium, Performance-Text, Reception and Acting
• Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845198344
• ISBN 13: 9781845198343
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Eli Rozik explores the principles that generated the theatre medium, and its possible roots in the preverbal imagistic mode of thinking. This mode characterises the remnants of preverbal thinking, such as unconscious thinking (dreaming), the embryonic speech of toddlers, and their imaginative play and drawings prior to mastering verbal thinking. The book is a recapitulation of major findings regarding the nature of the theatre, its medium, fictional creativity and origin, and includes new unpublished studies. It address the principles of imagistic, metaphoric, symbolic and fictional thinking, which characterise the theatre, as well as reception and acting. The work has been designed to fit the structure of a university course, and will appeal to people interested in broadening their knowledge and understanding of theatre art.

About the Author

Eli Rozik is Ph.D. and professor emeritus of theatre studies. He was twice head of the Department of Theatre Studies and Dean of the Faculty of the Arts at Tel Aviv University. He specializes in theatre theory, particularly in non-verbal communication in performance analysis; and has published numerous articles in international leading journals in Europe and the US. His books include The Language of Theatre, The Roots of Theatre - Rethinking Ritual and Other Theories of Origin, Metaphoric Thinking, Generating Theatre Meaning, Fictional Thinking, Comedy: A Critical Introduction, and most recently Theatre Sciences: A Plea for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Theatre Studies.