Jestrovic, Silvija . (2008) Semiotics of nonsemiotic performance. Semiotica, Vol.2008 (No.168). pp. 93-107. ISSN 0037-1998

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Abstract

This paper uses Michael Kirby's structuralist theatre and its tendency to be nonsemiotic as a point of departure to address various aspects of structuralist performance including its resistance to meaning and participation in a communication process, its metatheatrical dimensions, and its defamiliarization quality. Although in a 'pure' structuralist theatre semiotics should become obsolete, the question is whether structuralist theatre is able to fully resist the process of semiosis. Is it possible for nonsemiotic performance to stay out of semiotic space, which constantly adapts and renews its codes to accommodate new and emerging structures? Examining the scope and ability of structuralist performance to encompass both semiotic and nonsemiotic tendencies in theatre, this work tries to demonstrate that the nonsemiotic quality of structuralist performance is indeed grounded in a suppressed semiotic approach.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	A General Works > AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies
Journal or Publication Title:	Semiotica
Publisher:	De Gruyter Mouton
ISSN:	0037-1998
Date:	2008
Volume:	Vol.2008
Number:	No.168
Number of Pages:	15
Page Range:	pp. 93-107
Identification Number:	10.1515/SEM.2008.005
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/30283

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