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Through an inter-medial reading, linking film and literary theory, Maya van den Heuvel-Arad explores the potential of the post-dramatic performer in its corporeal presence to operate as a focalizer. Departing from the concept of focalization in literary narratology and transforming this concept into a visual device, the author introduces the notion of the body as a visual narrator and focalizer. With this she establishes an important tool to grasp the relationship between the performing body and the spectator’s perception in post-dramatic theatre. With “Focalizing Bodies” the author provides a vocabulary to explore the potential of visual narratology, both in theory and in practice, of post-dramatic theatre.
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Focalizing bodies, Maya van den Heuvel-Arad
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- Focalizing bodies
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Maya van den Heuvel-Arad
- Publisher
- Tectum-Verl.
- Publisher
- 2011
- ISBN10
- 3828826237
- ISBN13
- 9783828826236
- Category
- Theatre / Drama
- Description
- Through an inter-medial reading, linking film and literary theory, Maya van den Heuvel-Arad explores the potential of the post-dramatic performer in its corporeal presence to operate as a focalizer. Departing from the concept of focalization in literary narratology and transforming this concept into a visual device, the author introduces the notion of the body as a visual narrator and focalizer. With this she establishes an important tool to grasp the relationship between the performing body and the spectator’s perception in post-dramatic theatre. With “Focalizing Bodies” the author provides a vocabulary to explore the potential of visual narratology, both in theory and in practice, of post-dramatic theatre.