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Shakespeare's playwrighting and possibly his directing reflect a consistent intent to explore principles that, in his days, were perceived as foreign to the dramatic idiom. This is evident within the framework of contemporary theatre theories at the time. Eli Rozik's novel reading of the play-scripts provides the classical and synchronic theoretical background required to capture Shakespeare's innovative approach, and is a major contribution to the history of European theatre practice and theory. |
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Front Cover; About the Author; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Table of Shakespeare's Plays; Introduction: Theoretical Framework; Duality of theatre creativity; Medium of theatre: 'iconicity'; Iconic homogeneity; Fictional thinking; Deep structure of fictional worlds; Archetypal patterns of response; Structure of character; Shakespeare's generic definitions; Part I: Structural Intuitions; 1. Hamlet -- Fictional Structure; Possible structure; After the watershed; Two parallel actions; Hamlet's father; Gertrude's incest; Wittenberg and Luther |
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Actual structure2. Hamlet -- Source and Departures; Saxo's narrative; Departures from Saxo; Structural implications; 3. Macbeth -- Fictional Structure; Confidant convention; Lady Macbeth's transmutation; Splitting a character; 4. Macbeth -- Dramatic Irony; Lady Macbeth as confidant; Confidential motifs; Structural implications; 5. Romeo and Juliet -- Mixing Moods; Mixing of moods; Brooke's source-text; Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; Intertextual relations; 6. The Merchant of Venice -- Fictional Structure; Synchronic poetic theory; Source and departures; The Three Caskets |
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7. King Lear -- Fictional Structure and SourcesHolinshed's chronicle; Intertextual relations; King Lear and Æsop; Fictional structure; Part II: Basic Units of Iconic/Fictional Texts; 8. Real, Fictional and Iconic Dialogue -- Merchant of Venice; Real and fictional interaction; Iconic interaction; Deep structure of iconic acts; Basic kinds of theatre description; 9. Verbal Metaphor -- Hamlet; Modernist theories; Mechanism of verbal metaphor; Metaphoric allusions; The Mouse-trap; 10. Stage Metaphor -- Richard III et al.; Iconic metaphor; Physical metaphor; Verbal and iconic equivalence |
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Principles of stage metaphorImagistic metaphor; 11. Stage Symbol -- Hamlet; Verbal symbol; Dream symbolism; Stage symbol; Symbolic interpretation; Part III: Bridging Priniciples; 12. Structural Motifs -- Macbeth et al.; Literal motif; Verbal-metaphoric motif; Stage-metaphoric motif; Stage-symbolic motif; Mixed motif; 13. Sub-Plots and Unity of Action -- Merchant of Venice et al.; Theories of subordination; Subordination to interaction; Subordination to interpretation; Subordination to mood; Subordination to characterization; Quantitative considerations; 14. Hamlet -- Theatre within Theatre |
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Theatre-within-theatre motifThe Mouse-trap; Performative function; Metafictional function; 15. Functional Characters -- Macbeth et al.; Modernist theories; Personification; Eiron and alazon; Buffoon and churl; Witches in Macbeth; Porter in Macbeth; Doctor in Macbeth; Ghost in Hamlet; 16. Unities of Time and Place; Erroneous interpretations; Patterns of description; Function of interval; Chronotopes; Part IV Structural Layers; 17. Mythical Mappings; Mythical nucleus; Mythical mappings; Shakespeare's proclivity; 18. Praxical Logos -- Othello et al.; Praxical structure |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Technique.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Technique. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: 9781845198275 1845198271 (OCoLC)956349913 |
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1782843752 (electronic book) |
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9781782843757 (electronic book) |
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1845198271 |
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9781845198275 |
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