Fusing a variety of influences (Aristotle, Stanislavsky, Kenneth Burke, and structuralism), this new text takes students through progressively complex levels of play reading in which they: respond to a first reading; gather information from the play (including given circumstances); interpret the characters and relate them to the conflict; and synthesize perceptions that have been revealed through analysis. Its central principle is that conflict is the essence of drama: the book lays out a systematic process for analyzing plays, relating each element to the conflict explored in each play.
- ISBN10 0072500328
- ISBN13 9780072500325
- Publish Date 10 September 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw Hill Higher Education
- Format Paperback
- Pages 144
- Language English