I. GENERAL BACKGROUND

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
4. FOREWORD TO THE SPANISH EDITION xiii
5. FOREWORD xv
6. PREFACE 1
7. INTRODUCTION 3
8. CHAPTER I. THEATRE DISCOURSE
9. I. THE NOTION OF DISCOURSE 5
10. II. THEATRE DISCOURSE 8
11. III. FUNCTIONS OF THEATRE DISCOURSE 22
12. IV. SPECIFICATION OF THEATRE DISCOURSE 24
13. ENDNOTES CHAPTER I 29
14. CHAPTER II. TEXT, DRAMATIC TEXT, PERFORMANCE TEXT
15. I. TEXT 35
16. II. THE DRAMATIC TEXT 43
17. III. PERFORMANCE TEXT 48
18. ENDNOTES CHAPTER II 59
19. CHAPTER III. THEATRE SEMIOTICS
20. I. SEMIOSIS 63
21. II. NATURE OF THE THEATRE SIGN 68
22. III. THE ICON, THE INDEX, AND THE SYMBOL ACCORDING TO PEIRCE 73
23. IV. THE ICON, INDEX AND SYMBOL AT WORK IN THEATRE 76
24. V. THEATRE REFERENTIALITY 86
25. ENDNOTES CHAPTER III 93
26. CHAPTER IV. THEATRE RECEPTION
27. I. RECEPTION THEORY 97
28. II. THEATRE RECEPTION 104
29. III. NEW PERSPECTIVES 116
30. ENDNOTES CHAPTER IV 125
31. CHAPTER V. TOWARDS AN ACTANTIAL MODEL FOR THEATRE
32. I. BACKGROUND 129
33. II. THE ACTANTIAL MODEL 131
34. ENDNOTES CHAPTER V 141
35. CHAPTER VI. THEATRE HISTORY AND SEMIOTICS
36. I. GENERAL BACKGROUND 143
37. II. THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IN HISTORIC RESEARCH 144
38. III. THEORY OF LITERARY HISTORY IN LATIN AMERICA: ONE EXAMPLE 150
39. IV. THEORETICAL PROPOSAL 153
40. V. METHODOLOGY 161
41. ENDNOTES CHAPTER VI 165
42. BIBLIOGRAPHY 171
43. BOOKS AND SPECIAL ISUUE JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THEATRE SEMIOTICS AND THEATRE THEORY 200