What is the Status of Stage-directions in the Drama? Cover Image

Czy didaskalia to tekst poboczny dramatu?
What is the Status of Stage-directions in the Drama?

Author(s): Maciej Kawka
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: drama; theory; didaskalia;

Summary/Abstract: Stage directions defined pragmatically as information or instruction from the author have been considered in the context of the dramatic work as a marginal – or side – text. Ingarden’s stratification of the dramatic text prevents us from taking an overall look at the structure of the work. We can look at the drama from two perspectives; we can consider it to be a literary work of art or a text whose primary function is to be used for stage-production. From the modern point of view (especially the functional one), these two perspectives require a text description which would include both heterogeneous aspects.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 267-274
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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