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E-grāmata: Analytic Philosophy and the World of the Play [Taylor & Francis e-book]

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Theatrical characters’ dual existence on stage and in text presents a unique, challenging case for the analytical philosopher.

Analytic Philosophy and the World of the Play

re-examines the ontological status of theatre and its fictional objects through the "possible worlds" thesis, arguing that theatre is not a mirror of our world, but a re-creation of it. Taking a fresh look at theatre’s key elements, including the hotly contested relationships between character and actor; onstage and offstage "worlds"; and the play-text and performance, Michael Y. Bennett presents a radical new way of understanding the world of the play.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD by Marvin Carlson

INTRODUCTION Theatre and the Mirror of Nature

PART I Exposing the Problem and Proposing a Solution

1 Theatrical Names and Reference: Dialectical-Synecdochic Objects and "Re-Creation"

2

The World of the Play: Theatre as "Re-Creation"

PART II Applying the (Proposed) Solution to the Problems

3

"Liveness"?: The Presumption of Dramatic and Theatrical "Liveness"

4

Boundedness of (Fictional) Theatre to our (Real) World: Actor and Audience Co-Existence

5

Identity across

"Possible Worlds": "The World Beyond" the Play

CONCLUSIONS

#1

"The Purpose of Playing": Why Go to the Theatre?

#2

Where the World

of Theatre Ends: Performance Art

#3

Make-Believe

AFTERWORD by James R. Hamilton

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Michael Y. Bennett is Associate Professor of English and affiliated faculty in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.