Semiotics of the drama and the style of Eugene O'Neill / Mark Kobernick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kobernick, Mark.

Series:

Foundations of semiotics ; v. 19.

Foundations of semiotics, 0168-2555 ; v. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semiotics and literature.

Drama.

O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953--Literary style.

O'Neill, Eugene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A semiotic analysis is made of the six major plays by Eugene O'Neill and an attempt is made to yield a systematic analysis towards humanistic interpretations of texts. Theoretical interpretations are enriched with discussions of the plays. Technical matters such as the segmentation of the text are specified in appendices. Six semiotic dimensions have been studied: motifs, theatrical semiotic systems, their use in communicational functions, role function of the dramatis personae, their levels of awareness, and aristotelian divisions.

Contents:

SEMIOTICS OF THE DRAMA AND THE STYLE OF EUGENE O'NEILL; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; List of Figures; List of appendices; 1. Introduction: the purpose and design of this study; 2. Stylistics in relation to linguistics and semiotics; 3. The semiotics of the drama; 4. Approaching the drama of O'Neill through semiotic stylistics; 5. Establishing a controlled semiotics for the dramatic microcorpus; 6. A representative segment analysis: Anna Christie I.vi; 7. Concluding discussion of Desire Under the Elms

8. Concluding discussion of Long Day's Journey into Night9. Conclusion: summary of findings at the level of the microcorpus; APPENDICES; Appendix A The specification of Aristotelian divisions; Appendix B The specification of dramatis personae configuration; Appendix C The specification of awareness level; Appendix D The specification of oppositional motifs; Appendix E The segmentation into subscenes; Appendix F The selection of subscene segments for matrix analysis; Appendix G The format and notation of the work sheet matrix

Appendix H Reading the matrices for simultaneity of semiotic systemsAppendix I Personae configuration and the selection of segments in Desire Under the Elms; Appendix J Personae configuration and the selection of segments in Long Day's Journey into Night; Notes; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography.

ISBN:

1-283-35879-4

9786613358790

90-272-7846-6

OCLC:

769342058