1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817165403321

Autore

Meyer-Dinkgräfe Daniel <1958->

Titolo

Approaches to acting : past and present / / Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2001

ISBN

0-8264-4901-8

1-283-20229-8

9786613202291

1-4411-0381-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Continuum Collection

Disciplina

792/.028

Soggetti

Acting

Acting - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-218) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Worldwide Origins of Acting; 2 The Foundations of Western Approaches to Acting: Greece and Rome; 3 Renewing the Sources: Approaches to Acting in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; 4 Nature or Form: Approaches to Acting from 1550 to 1900; 5 Approaches to Acting in the Twentieth Century; 6 Non-Western Approaches to Acting; 7 Approaches to Acting in the Intercultural Paradigm; 8 Training the Actor, Past and Present; 9 Theatre Criticism; 10 The Future of Acting; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For centuries the theatre has been one of the major forms of art. How did acting, and its institutionalization in the theatre, begin in the first place? In some cultures complex stories relate the origin of acting and the theatre. And over time, approaches to acting have changed considerably. In the West, until the end of the 19th century, those changes occurred within the realm of acting itself, focusing on the question of whether acting should be 'natural' or 'formal.' Approaches to acting were closely related to the trends in culture at large. Acting became more and more professional and so



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823664103321

Autore

Tuten Donald N

Titolo

Koineization in medieval Spanish / / Donald N. Tuten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2003

ISBN

3-11-090126-9

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 pages) : maps

Collana

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 88.

Classificazione

IM 1725

Disciplina

467/.01

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics - Spain

Spanish language - To 1500 - History

Spanish language - To 1500 - Variation

Spain Civilization 711-1516

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [302]-331) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Koines and koineization -- Chapter 3. The Burgos phase -- Chapter 4. The Toledo phase -- Chapter 5. The Seville phase -- Chapter 6. Conclusions -- Maps -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

How and why do changes happen when and where they do? Is it possible to explain changes that occurred centuries ago? These are the central questions addressed in this book, in which the author argues that the development of numerous features of medieval (and modern) Spanish can best be explained as the results of koineization, a process in which mixing among speakers of different dialects leads to the rapid formation of a new mixed and generally simplified variety. The book includes a complete introduction to koineization and detailed study of three stages of dialect mixing in medieval Spanish.