SEMIOLOGIC LECTURE NOTES ON PETER HALL’S AGAMEMNON (1981)
SEMIOLOGIC LECTURE NOTES ON PETER HALL’S AGAMEMNON (1981)
Author(s): Marina CristeaSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: semiotic devices; sign-function; abduction; ostension; Greek theatre conventions; ‘Agamemnon’; Peter Hall; Tony Harrison; Charles Peirce; Umberto Eco.
Summary/Abstract: This paper dwells on some semiologic aspects of the 1981 Peter Hall‘s ‘Agamemnon’ staging along with the Greek theatre conventions such as set design, chorus, masks etc. Also, the paper takes some issues on the traditional semiologic approach regarding definitions of sign-function or overcoding.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Dramatica
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 129-135
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English