Performance and cognition : theatre studies and the cognitive turn / edited by Bruce McConachie and F. Elizabeth Hart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McConachie, Bruce A.

Hart, F. Elizabeth (Faith Elizabeth), 1959-

Series:

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 4.

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Psychological aspects.

Theater.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

xv, 236 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

This anthology is the first of its kind. In addition to opening up fresh perspectives on theatre studies - with applications for dramatic criticism, performance analysis, acting practice, audience response, theatre history, and other important areas - the book sets the agenda for future work, helping to map the emergence of this new approach. Following a comprehensive introduction, the contributors examine: the interfaces between cognitive studies and Lacanian psychoanalysis, phenomenology and communication theory different ideas from cognitive studies that open up the meanings of several plays the process of acting and the work of Antonio Damasio theatrical response: the dynamics of perception, and the riots that greeted the 1907 production of The Playboy of the Western World. This original and authoritative work will be attractive to scholars and graduate students of drama, theatre, and performance. ve work will be attractive to scholars and graduate students of drama, theatre, and performance.

Contents:

Section 1 Performance theory and cognition 27

1 Performance, phenomenology, and the cognitive turn / F. Elizabeth Hart 29

2 Cognitive studies and epistemic competence in cultural history: moving beyond Freud and Lacan / Bruce McConachie 52

3 Performance strategies, image schemas, and communication frameworks / Tobin Nellhaus 76

Section 2 Drama and cognition 95

4 Essentialism and comedy: a cognitive reading of the motif of mislaid identity in Dryden's Amphitryon (1690) / Lisa Zunshine 97

5 "It is required/You do awake your faith": learning to trust the body through performing The Winter's Tale / Naomi Rokotnitz 122

Section 3 Acting and cognition 147

6 Neuroscience and creativity in the rehearsal process / John Lutterbie 149

7 Image and action: cognitive neuroscience and actor-training / Rhonda Blair 167

Section 4 The spectator and cognition 187

8 See the play, read the book / Howard Mancing 189

9 Categories and catcalls: cognitive dissonance in The Playboy of the Western World / Neal Swettenham 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415763843

9780415763844

0203966562

9780203966563

OCLC:

62891333