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The Iconic Stage

Author(s): Marvin Carlson
Contributor(s): Asen Terziev (Translator)
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Национална академия за театрално и филмово изкуство »Кр. Сарафов«
Keywords: theatre; semiotics; performance theory; iconicity; identity

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the semiotic concept of iconicity in theatre, emphasizing how theatre uniquely employs signs that resemble their referents, such as real objects pretending to be other real objects. The piece traces historical shifts in theatrical iconicity and discusses the tension between illusion and reality in various theatrical traditions, introducing the distinction between general and specific iconic identity.

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