An approach to the semiotics of theatre / Jiří Veltruský ; reconstructed, translated into English and prefaced by Jarmila F. Veltrusky ; with an afterward by Tomáš Hoskovec, and with a complete scholarly bibliography of the author.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed May 21, 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-205).

Includes: The background story of the book / Jarmila F. Veltrusky -- Jiří Veltruský (1919-1994): a journey through life with semiotics / Tomáš Hoskovec.

Intro; Contents; The Background Story of the Book. Jarmila F. Veltrusky; 1. The Prague School; 2. Theatre and literature; 2.1 Rejection of the literary conception of theatre; 2.2 Relations between theatre and literature; 2.3 Drama among the literary genres; 2.4 Dialogic language and dramatic dialogue; 2.5 Thematic construction in drama; 2.6 The dramatic text and its performance; 2.7 Excursus: Sound features in the dramatic text and in the actorâ#x80;#x99;s performance; 3. The contribution of the other arts; 3.1 Critique of the â#x80;#x9C;syntheticâ#x80;#x9D; theory of theatre; 3.2 Sculpture; 3.3 Architecture.

3.4 Painting3.5 Film; 3.6 Music; 3.7 Dance; 3.8 Borrowings from other arts in relation to purely theatrical components; 4. Opera; 4.1 Supremacy of music over text; 4.2 Polyphony and dialogue; 4.3 Referential potential of music in general and in opera; 4.4 Relations between music and space; 5. Acting; 5.1 Separate but not autonomous semiotic system; 5.2 Beings and their actions and behaviour; 5.3 Forming the signs; 5.3.1 Distinctness; 5.3.2 Breaking down and building up; 5.3.3 Consistency; 5.4 The signifier and the signified; 5.4.1 Distinction between signifier and signified.

5.4.2 Stage figure and stage action5.4.3 Relations between signifier and signified; 5.5 Collective performance; 5.5.1 Stage figure. Entity: Component of structure; 5.5.2 Actorâ#x80;#x99;s personal presence: Collective nature of acting; 5.5.3 Improvisation: Preparation; 5.5.4 Contribution of elements not supplied by actors; 5.5.5 Excursus: One-man show; 6. Theatre as a semiotic system; 6.1 Intersubjective communication; 6.2 Double relation to reality; 6.3 Autonomous and syncretic sign systems; 6.4 Units of meaning; 6.5 Lasting and momentary signs. Context; 6.6 Modes of semiosis.

6.7 Constant structural features6.8 Guiding principle: Action; 6.9 Contradiction; Notes; Bibliography; JiÅ#x99;ÃƯ VeltruskÃư (1919â#x80;#x93;1994): A journey through life with semiotics; VeltruskÃư, JiÅ#x99;ÃƯ. Semiotic-aesthetic bibliography.

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