Semiotics and pragmatics of stage improvisation / Domenico Pietropaolo.

By:

Pietropaolo, Domenico, 1949- [author.]

Series: Bloomsbury advances in semioticsPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016Description: 160 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781474225793 (pbk.) :
1474225799

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Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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