Against connotation mania: A contribution to the sociology of theater
Patrice Pavis in his lexicographical definition of the term semiology from 1980, as one of the methodological warnings emphasizes the caution against falling into connotation mania, that is, that interpretive position where every theatrical sign can mean anything. Although Pavis intervened in the th...
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Akademija umetnosti Univerziteta u Novom Sadu
2020-01-01
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| description | Patrice Pavis in his lexicographical definition of the term semiology from 1980, as one of the methodological warnings emphasizes the caution against falling into connotation mania, that is, that interpretive position where every theatrical sign can mean anything. Although Pavis intervened in the then semiotic debates about the nature of the theatrical sign, the warning can be extended by analogy to the entire period of postmodern theater, or in now classical terminology, to postdramatic theater as such. This paper will show how connotation mania can be avoided by reviving the somewhat stagnant sociology of theater. More precisely, following Löwenthal's approach, the conceptualization of the social aesthetics of theater will be advocated, which, with the help of the historical grounding of insights, will make it possible to avoid the impasse into which the propensity for endless semiosis inevitably leads us. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c412ad851834ff398e12d5ef9b449912022-12-21T22:55:48ZengAkademija umetnosti Univerziteta u Novom SaduZbornik Radova Akademije Umetnosti2334-86662560-31082020-01-012020830412334-86662008030PAgainst connotation mania: A contribution to the sociology of theaterPavlić Goran0Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Akademija dramske umjetnosti, Odsek za dramaturgiju, HrvatskaPatrice Pavis in his lexicographical definition of the term semiology from 1980, as one of the methodological warnings emphasizes the caution against falling into connotation mania, that is, that interpretive position where every theatrical sign can mean anything. Although Pavis intervened in the then semiotic debates about the nature of the theatrical sign, the warning can be extended by analogy to the entire period of postmodern theater, or in now classical terminology, to postdramatic theater as such. This paper will show how connotation mania can be avoided by reviving the somewhat stagnant sociology of theater. More precisely, following Löwenthal's approach, the conceptualization of the social aesthetics of theater will be advocated, which, with the help of the historical grounding of insights, will make it possible to avoid the impasse into which the propensity for endless semiosis inevitably leads us.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-8666/2020/2334-86662008030P.pdfpatrice pavishans-thies lehmannbruce mcconachiepostdramatic theatersociology of theatersocial aesthetics of theater |
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| title | Against connotation mania: A contribution to the sociology of theater |
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| title_short | Against connotation mania: A contribution to the sociology of theater |
| title_sort | against connotation mania a contribution to the sociology of theater |
| topic | patrice pavis hans-thies lehmann bruce mcconachie postdramatic theater sociology of theater social aesthetics of theater |
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