Introduction to Play Analysis - Brossura

Pritner, Cal; Walters, Scott E.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0072500328 ISBN 13: 9780072500325

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2004

Riassunto

Fusing a variety of influences (Aristotle, Stanislavsky, Kenneth Burke, and structuralism), this new text takes students through progressively complex levels of play reading in which they: respond to a first reading; gather information from the play (including given circumstances); interpret the characters and relate them to the conflict; and synthesize perceptions that have been revealed through analysis. Its central principle is that conflict is the essence of drama: the book lays out a systematic process for analyzing plays, relating each element to the conflict explored in each play.

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INTRODUCTION: THE WHY AND WHAT OF PLAY ANALYSIS

Why Analyze a Play?

What Is Analysis?

Reading at Multiple Levels

The Influence of Aristotle, Stanislavsky, and Others

LEVEL ONE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS

CHAPTER 1: THE FIRST READING

Play Analysis Leads to "Doing"

Techniques for a First Reading

A Structural Concept of Comedy and Tragedy

A First Reading of The Glass Menagerie

Questions for a First Reading of Any Play

LEVEL TWO: GATHERING INFORMATION

CHAPTER 2: GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES

Given Circumstances: Stated and Implied

Accuracy and Given Circumstances

Research Sources

Backstory: Events and Relationships That Precede the Play

Setting: The Play’s When and Where

Social Systems That Affect the Characters

Cultural Norms

Plays in Translation

Plays in Fantastical Settings

Plays Emphasize Different Given Circumstances

Gathering Information on Given Circumstances in The Glass Menagerie

Questions about Given Circumstances in Any Play

Given Circumstance Index Cards

CHAPTER 3: THEATRICAL CONTRACT

Contracts vs. Conventions

Presentational and Representational Contracts

Realistic and Nonrealistic Contracts

The Theatrical Contract in The Glass Menagerie

Questions about the Theatrical Contract of Any Play

LEVEL THREE: INTERPRETATION

CHAPTER 4: CHARACTER

Aspects of Characters

Stage Directions as Character Information

Language Informs Us about Character

Dialogue Suggests Characters' Physical Actions

Language Reveals Characters' Thought Processes

Characters Evoke Conflict, and Conflict Reveals Character

Character in The Glass Menagerie

Questions About Character in Any Play

CHAPTER 5: CONFLICT

Concepts in Conflict Analysis

Processes for Determining the Conflict

Conflict in The Glass Menagerie

Questions about the Conflict Resolution Structure in Any Play

CHAPTER 6: CONFLICT ANALYSIS APPLIED TO A SCENE

The Scene as a Unit of Conflict

Conflict Analysis Applied to Scene 2 of The Glass Menagerie

Conflict in Scene 2 of The Glass Menagerie

Smaller Units: Actions and Beats

Actions and Beats in The Glass Menagerie

Questions about the Conflict-Resolution Structure in Any Scene

CHAPTER 7: SUPPLEMENTAL RESEARCH

Types of Supplemental Research

Summary

LEVEL FOUR: BRINGING IT TOGETHER

CHAPTER 8: SYNTHESIS

Conflict versus Theme

Relating Other Elements to Conflict

Questions about Synthesis in The Glass Menagerie

Testing and Enriching Our Analysis through Outside Resources

Conclusion

Questions about Synthesis in any Play

APPENDIX: ANALYZING SHAKESPEARE'S HAMLET

The Text of Hamlet

The First Reading

Given Circumstances

Theatrical Contract

Character, Language, and Thought Process

Conflict Analysis

Supplemental Research

Synthesis

How to Set Hamlet?

APPENDIX 2: CHARACTER MAPS

Product Description

Book by Pritner Cal Walters Scott

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0072500328
• ISBN 13: 9780072500325
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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