Thursday, November 6, 2008

Performative Language as Gestus

Let's hope this link works...let me know if it doesn't.

This author proposes that in Fornes' work (including Fefu) the performative text (the shown) and the dramatic text (the said) produces an effect similar to Brecht's concept of gestus. Might be interesting for the actors...

http://iipa.chadwyck.com/articles/displayItemPDF.do?pdfHeader=Geis%2c+Deborah+R.%2c+%3Cbi%3EWOMEN+AND%2fIN+DRAMA%3a+Wordscapes+of+the+Body%3a+Performative+Language+as+%22Gestus%22+in+Maria+Irene+Fornes%27s+Plays%3C%2fbi%3E%2c+Theatre+Journal%2c+42%3a3+p.291&id=1076-1990-042-03-000001&journalID=JID01922882&royaltiesid=LOUJID01922882&product=iipa

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