The Performative Nature of Dramatic Imagination

Creative imagination is a central concept in critical philosophy which establishes the framing faculty of the subject in the middle of the cognitive process. Linking the internal and the external, imagination is also key for dramatic acting methodologies. This mediation has been alternatively interp...

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Main Author: Rubén Vega Balbás
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2020-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
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Online Access:https://www.seer.ufrgs.br/presenca/article/view/99920
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Summary:Creative imagination is a central concept in critical philosophy which establishes the framing faculty of the subject in the middle of the cognitive process. Linking the internal and the external, imagination is also key for dramatic acting methodologies. This mediation has been alternatively interpreted in Western tradition under a reversible perspective, giving priority to either the process that goes from the outside inwards (aesthesis) or just the opposite (poiesis). Going beyond dialectics, this article will connect philosophy with dramatic theory. My proposal explores the virtual drama of identity to emphasise how the transcendental and empirical get linked theatrically.
ISSN:2237-2660