Playfulness an (Un)-performability in Gertrude Stein's Modernist Drama

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Autor(a) principal: Sidiropoulou, Avra
Data de Publicação: 2018
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.51427/cet.sdc.2018.0013
Resumo: Gertrude Stein's theatre, a theatre of modernism, can be studied as an example of experimental dramaturgy, in that it finds itself suspended between two identities: that of discourse, and that of a theatrical score. This article examines Stein's playwriting as an example of modernist writing and focuses on the challenges that make Stein an essentially "anti-theatrical" writer - one who is only minimally interested in directing. Although Stein's theatre, although it is strongly engaged in puns, rehearsals, and linguistic constructions in place of dramatic conflicts, action and characters, has nevertheless evolved towards a maturity of representation, which is manifested above all in the clear understanding of space and time through the control of language, as well as in its focus on the spectator's experience of the present, which is no longer distracted by linear causality. Although Stein's time offered him many opportunities to experiment with the material and form of his medium, his voice remained essentially a private matter, and his theatrical performances were, for the most part, playful exercises rather than challenges to stage direction. Nevertheless, his textual rearrangements of identities, spaces and things, which are subject to perpetual division and readjustment, gave rise to a particular aesthetic tradition, which has left visible traces on many modern formalist performances.   GERTRUDE STEIN / MODERNISM / PERFORMATIVITY / THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE / LANDSCAPE AESTHETICS
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spelling Playfulness an (Un)-performability in Gertrude Stein's Modernist DramaL'enjouement et la (non-)performance dans le drame moderniste de Gertrude SteinGertrude SteinModernismPerformativityTheatrical representationScenic aestheticsGertrude SteinModernismoPerformatividadeRepresentação teatralEstética da paisagemGertrude Stein's theatre, a theatre of modernism, can be studied as an example of experimental dramaturgy, in that it finds itself suspended between two identities: that of discourse, and that of a theatrical score. This article examines Stein's playwriting as an example of modernist writing and focuses on the challenges that make Stein an essentially "anti-theatrical" writer - one who is only minimally interested in directing. Although Stein's theatre, although it is strongly engaged in puns, rehearsals, and linguistic constructions in place of dramatic conflicts, action and characters, has nevertheless evolved towards a maturity of representation, which is manifested above all in the clear understanding of space and time through the control of language, as well as in its focus on the spectator's experience of the present, which is no longer distracted by linear causality. Although Stein's time offered him many opportunities to experiment with the material and form of his medium, his voice remained essentially a private matter, and his theatrical performances were, for the most part, playful exercises rather than challenges to stage direction. Nevertheless, his textual rearrangements of identities, spaces and things, which are subject to perpetual division and readjustment, gave rise to a particular aesthetic tradition, which has left visible traces on many modern formalist performances.   GERTRUDE STEIN / MODERNISM / PERFORMATIVITY / THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE / LANDSCAPE AESTHETICSOn peut étudier le théâtre de Gertrude Stein, un théâtre du modernisme, comme un exemple de dramaturgie expérimentale, en ce qu’il se trouve en suspens entre deux identités : celle du discours, et celle d’une partition théâtrale. Le présent article, qui se veut un examen de l’écriture dramatique de Stein en tant qu’exemple d’écriture moderniste, met le point sur les défis qui font de Stein une écrivaine essentiellement « anti‑théâtrale » – une écrivaine qui n’est que très peu intéres‑ sée par la mise en scène. Quoiqu’il s’adonne instamment à des jeux de mots, à des répétitions, ainsi qu’à des constructions linguistiques tenant lieu de conflits dramatiques, de l’action et des personnages, le théâtre de Stein a néanmoins évolué vers une maturité de la représentation, qui se manifeste surtout dans la compréhension claire et limpide de l’espace et du temps à travers le contrôle de la langue, ainsi que dans sa focalisation sur l’expérience du présent par le spec‑ tateurs, qui ne se font plus distraire par la causalité linéaire. Même si l’époque de Stein lui offrait maintes occasions pour expérimenter avec le matériau et la forme de son médium, sa voix demeura essentiellement une affaire privée, et ses repré‑ sentations théâtrales étaient, pour la plupart, des exercices ludiques plutôt que des défis de réalisation scénique. Tout de même, ses réarrangements textuels d’identités, d’espaces et de choses, qui font l’objet de divisions et de réadapta‑ tions perpétuelles, ont donné lieu à une tradition esthétique toute particulière, qui a laissé des traces visibles sur nombre de représentations formalistes modernes.   GERTRUDE STEIN / MODERNISME / PERFORMATIVITÉ / REPRÉSENTATION THÉÂTRALE / ESTHÉTIQUE DU PAYSAGECentro de Estudos de Teatro da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa2018-03-19info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.51427/cet.sdc.2018.0013https://doi.org/10.51427/cet.sdc.2018.0013Sinais de Cena; 2nd series, nr. 3 (2018); 151-167Sinais de Cena; 2e série, n°3 (2018); 151-167Sinais de Cena; 2.ª série, n.º 3 (2018); 151-1672184-95521646-0715reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://revistas.rcaap.pt/sdc/article/view/17496https://revistas.rcaap.pt/sdc/article/view/17496/17997Direitos de Autor (c) 2018 Avra Sidiropoulouinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSidiropoulou, Avra2023-09-23T05:42:43Zoai:ojs.revistas.rcaap.pt:article/17496Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:37:58.407617Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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L'enjouement et la (non-)performance dans le drame moderniste de Gertrude Stein
title Playfulness an (Un)-performability in Gertrude Stein's Modernist Drama
spellingShingle Playfulness an (Un)-performability in Gertrude Stein's Modernist Drama
Sidiropoulou, Avra
Gertrude Stein
Modernism
Performativity
Theatrical representation
Scenic aesthetics
Gertrude Stein
Modernismo
Performatividade
Representação teatral
Estética da paisagem
title_short Playfulness an (Un)-performability in Gertrude Stein's Modernist Drama
title_full Playfulness an (Un)-performability in Gertrude Stein's Modernist Drama
title_fullStr Playfulness an (Un)-performability in Gertrude Stein's Modernist Drama
title_full_unstemmed Playfulness an (Un)-performability in Gertrude Stein's Modernist Drama
title_sort Playfulness an (Un)-performability in Gertrude Stein's Modernist Drama
author Sidiropoulou, Avra
author_facet Sidiropoulou, Avra
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Gertrude Stein
Modernism
Performativity
Theatrical representation
Scenic aesthetics
Gertrude Stein
Modernismo
Performatividade
Representação teatral
Estética da paisagem
topic Gertrude Stein
Modernism
Performativity
Theatrical representation
Scenic aesthetics
Gertrude Stein
Modernismo
Performatividade
Representação teatral
Estética da paisagem
description Gertrude Stein's theatre, a theatre of modernism, can be studied as an example of experimental dramaturgy, in that it finds itself suspended between two identities: that of discourse, and that of a theatrical score. This article examines Stein's playwriting as an example of modernist writing and focuses on the challenges that make Stein an essentially "anti-theatrical" writer - one who is only minimally interested in directing. Although Stein's theatre, although it is strongly engaged in puns, rehearsals, and linguistic constructions in place of dramatic conflicts, action and characters, has nevertheless evolved towards a maturity of representation, which is manifested above all in the clear understanding of space and time through the control of language, as well as in its focus on the spectator's experience of the present, which is no longer distracted by linear causality. Although Stein's time offered him many opportunities to experiment with the material and form of his medium, his voice remained essentially a private matter, and his theatrical performances were, for the most part, playful exercises rather than challenges to stage direction. Nevertheless, his textual rearrangements of identities, spaces and things, which are subject to perpetual division and readjustment, gave rise to a particular aesthetic tradition, which has left visible traces on many modern formalist performances.   GERTRUDE STEIN / MODERNISM / PERFORMATIVITY / THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE / LANDSCAPE AESTHETICS
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