Book, Theater Dictionary (Pavis)[LS]

The Theater Dictionary, by Patrice Pavis, is an internationally known work, not only in the original French text, but also in translations into numerous languages. Now published in Portuguese by the publisher Perspectiva, from its third corrected and expanded edition, it greatly enriches our specialized bibliography, and should constitute a valuable instrument for the teaching and knowledge of theater. In its 560 entries, translated by professors and researchers in the field, the major issues of dramaturgy, staging, aesthetics, semiology and anthropology of dramatic art are summarized and discussed, which constitutes a summary of knowledge about history, the theory and practice of theatrical creation. Modern lexicon, in addition to defining and explaining fundamental notions of textual and scenic analysis through examples collected from the repertoire of classical literature, as well as contemporary mises en scène, presents and problematizes a wide range of intercultural and interartistic experiences, in terms of conceptions most up-to-date critical analysis in force today. For this reason, it is a dictionary that the reader can consult with maximum benefit for his information in the field of theater, especially as access to themes, contents and sources is facilitated by a thematic and an onomastic index, in addition to rich bibliography on the subject - a set of resources and data that makes it an indispensable reference work.