Tyd in die dramateks en in die opvoering

Abstract

A study of dramatic time (in the text and in the performance) is undertaken by means of a discussion of the following remarks, namely

(a) that dramatic time is always present time,
(b) that we should distinguish in the performance between the timespan of the perform­ance and the represented fictional time given in the performance, and in the dramatic text between reading time and the fictional time of the drama world;
(c) that time influences and structures the dramatic events (sequence and tempo);
(d) that time is often indicated chronologically (clock-time), although the dramatis perso­nae often experience time subjectively.

Opsomming

Die rol wat die tyd in die dramagenre (die dramateks en die opvoering) speel, word bestudeer aan die hand van 'n aantal opmerkings oor hierdie aspek, nl.

(a) that dramatic time is always present time,
(b) that we should distinguish in the performance between the timespan of the perform­ance and the represented fictional time given in the performance, and in the dramatic text between reading time and the fictional time of the drama world;
(c) that time influences and structures the dramatic events (sequence and tempo);
(d) that time is often indicated chronologically (clock-time), although the dramatis perso­nae often experience time subjectively.