On Brecht's Notion of Gestus

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages 1
2. Table of contents 5
3. The editors 9
4. I. Fundamentals of Theatre Research
5. Theatre and Drama Research; an Analytical Proposition 19
6. II. Theory of Drama and Theatre
7. The Algebra of Scenic Situations 67
8. Evidence et stratégies de l'analyse théâtrale 93
9. On the Nature of Dramatic Text 102
10. Coherence and Focability 127
11. III. Descriptive Theatre Research
12. The Dramatic Dialogue 137
13. Music as Theme and as Structural Model in Chekhov's Three Sisters 174
14. Die Strategic der Paradoxie 197
15. The Theatrical Theatre - Evreinov's Contribution to Russian Modernism 235
16. Le rôle de l'espace scénique dans la lecture du texte dramatique 254
17. On Brecht's Notion of Gestus 290
18. Die Umstrukturierung des theatralischen Zeichens in Čechovs Einakter Predloženie (Der Heiratsantrag) 305
19. Frames and Metacommunication in Genet's The Balcony 368
20. Acting and Behaviour 393
21. IV. Applied Theatre Research
22. Towards a Theory of Women's Theatre 445
23. ‘Good guy bad guy’ Effects in Political Theatre 467
24. V. Bibliography
25. Selective and Incomplete Bibliography of Analytical Approaches to Drama and Theatre 515