Trusting performance : a cognitive approach to embodiment in drama / Naomi Rokotnitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rokotnitz, Naomi.

Series:

Cognitive studies in literature and performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--History and criticism.

Drama.

Drama--Psychological aspects.

Human body in literature.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Performance--Psychological aspects.

Performance.

Physical Description:

188 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"Argues for the exploration of drama as a conduit to deep emotional learning that has the ability to change the somatic identity of performers and audiences alike"-- Provided by publisher.

"This exciting new work argues for the exploration of drama as a conduit to deep emotional learning that has the ability to change the somatic identity of performers and audiences alike. Rokotnitz suggests that the preference for reciprocity exhibited by human physiological systems also extends into psychological and cognitive processes. Modeling her epistemological inquiry upon the paradigms instantiated by our biological architecture, she argues that effective knowledge acquisition and interpersonal communication rely on the ability to learn from and to trust in our bodies. Focusing on four plays by William Shakespeare, Tom Stoppard, Timberlake Wertenbaker, and Moiseš Kaufman, each chapter of the book considers a different dramatic genre, historical period, philosophical context, and performance strategy, and traces in each the crucial and defining influence of bodily presence in establishing trust relations and moral accountability"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

"It Is Required You Do Awake Your Faith": Learning to Trust the Body through Performing The Winter's Tale

"A Doubling of Immortality": Cognitive Inter(con)textuality and Tom Stoppard's Travesties

From Empathy to Sympathy: Staging Change and Conciliation in Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good

"A Spiritual Dance:" Moises Kaufman's 33 Variations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230337374

0230337376

OCLC:

719428018