Metadrama

Question 1

Abel

Answer 1

“self-consciousness” has led to demise of modern tragedy

Question 2

Nelson

Answer 2

The main characteristic of C20th plays is “theatrical self-consciousness”

Question 3

Swiontek - Paradox

Answer 3

‘in the theatre, paradoxically, every passage to reality is a violation of the truth, even of the verisimilitude of the world represented’

Question 4

Swiontek - meta-enuncative

Answer 4

The ‘meta-enuncative’ - idea that there are two meanings to each dialogue, one to the actors on stage and one directed to audience
‘Metatheatricality can be defined as a special case of the meta-enuncative function’

Question 5

Fuchs

Answer 5

Metadrama is ‘a dramaturgy of incommensurate ontological realms’

Question 6

Witt

Answer 6

Drawing on Austin’s performative language theory - metadrama is a ‘fusion of the theatrical and the active’ - the means through which drama can have a real effect on the world?
‘Functions as both performance and performative’