In this Book
- Impermanent Structures: Semiotic Readings of Nelson Rodrigues' Vestido de noiva, Álbum de família, and Anjo negro
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures
summary
Fred M. Clark offers a semiotic analysis of three plays by Nelson Rodrigues, based in Charles S. Pierce's triadic concept of the sign: as sign, interpretant, and object, in regards to its production as perception and consciousness. Clark's use of this triad approach demonstrates the self-conscious plays of icons in Vestido de noiva, Album de familia, and Anjo negro, and offers a basis for the relevance of his conclusions to theatre at large. Based on this semiotic theory, Clark demonstrates the particular modes in which Nelson's theatre builds up fictional situations that transcend the pretense of the vanguard to become radically innovative and achieve a first-rate literary realization, equal of any occidental writer of the period. The author demonstrates the way in which Rodrigues dissects the difference between seeming and being, questioning the very notion of permanence and order.
Table of Contents
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. 11-12
- IV. THE FICTIVE WORLDS OF ANJO NEGRO
- pp. 98-123
- REFERENCES
- pp. 124-133
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469642734
Related ISBN(s)
9780807892428
MARC Record
OCLC
1080550700
Pages
136
Launched on MUSE
2019-01-02
Language
English
Open Access
No