Performative and moral issues in the theatrical metaphor

Three major thinkers of theatre, Erving Goffman, Marvin Carlson and Bruce Wilshire, admit that theatre is an essential and central metaphor for life. Nevertheless, the two main questions of their discussion are, on the one hand, the existence of a range of moral criteria and values that differentiat...

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Main Author: George P. Pefanis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2017-06-01
Series:Itinera
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/itinera/article/view/8719