Persona and Performance: The Meaning of Role in Drama, Therapy and Everyday Life
- Author: Landy, Robert J.
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Contents
- Preface. A journeyer to the spiritual mount. 1. The Origins of Role. Hamlet's soliloquy and the paradox of drama
- Role ambivalence
- The origins of role in drama/theatre
- The origin of role in the social sciences
- The origin of role in art and literature
- From role metaphor to role concept. 2. The Development of Role. The human being as role recipient
- The human being as role-taker
- The human being as role-player
- The role system. 3. The Drama Therapy Role Method. The invocation of the role
- The naming of the role
- The playing out/working through of the role
- Exploring alternative qualities in sub-role
- Reflecting upon role-play: discovering role qualities, functions and styles inherent in the role
- Relating the fictional role to everyday life
- Integrating roles to create a functional role system
- Social modeling. 4. The Case of Michael. The treatment: Beginnings
- The three bears
- The Lawyer
- Black rage
- The boy who learned to burn
- Fathers and sons
- The judge and the raincoat
- The mask of the actor
- The critic
- The blind girl
- An integration.
- 5. The Case of Michael
- Part II . The kiss
- The wooden clogs and the rubber boots
- The marriage proposal
- The glass heart
- Bugs
- More glass
- Me vida abajo (My life down there)
- The confused searcher
- The beat of black wings
- My father's body
- Mickey and Jake: you dream at your own risk
- Victor/victim
- The ring
- Postscript. 6. The Case of Hansel and Gretel: An Example of a Drama Therapy Group. Implications of the role method for diagnosis
- Evaluation. 7. Role in Everyday Life. Role type and archetype
- Somatic roles
- Cognitive roles
- Affective roles
- Social/cultural roles
- Spiritual roles
- Aesthetic roles. 8. A Taxonomy of Roles: Building a Theatrical Archetype System. The form of the taxonomy: The taxonomy of roles. 9. The Taxonomy: Cognitive and Affective Domains. Domain: cognitive
- Domain: affective. 10. The Taxonomy: Social Domain Domain: social. 11. The Taxonomy: Spiritual and Aesthetic Domains. Domain: spiritual
- Domain: aesthetic
- The use and significance of the taxonomy. 12. Conclusion. References. Appendix.