An Essay on the Relationship Between an Actor’s Body and Their Fictional Character in the Context of Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Embodiment

This article discusses the actor’s body as a philosophical phenomenon based on French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of body and perception, which argues that the body gives meaning to the mind, and the mind gives meaning to the body. This discussion takes place in the reciprocity...

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Main Author: Tuğçe Gözde Pelister
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Language:deu
Published: Istanbul University Press 2023-12-01
Series:Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi
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Online Access:https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/46144A13425F4B2A8A9B1FD0C9847CD4
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description This article discusses the actor’s body as a philosophical phenomenon based on French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of body and perception, which argues that the body gives meaning to the mind, and the mind gives meaning to the body. This discussion takes place in the reciprocity between the actor’s body and their embodiment of a fictional character. The philosophical inquiry into the actor’s body is linked to the perception and orientation relationship between the actor’s body and the fictional character. Moreover, as the living body and subject, the actor encounters and intertwines with the character on the spatial stage of the play. While the actor’s body turns into the body of the fictional character on stage, the actor’s living body phenomenologically becomes invisible. Additionally, the fictional character, who never actually existed, becomes embodied in the actor’s temporarily absent body.
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spelling doaj-art-7e8a4b5edf6644bf8236cff3ac8fe7512025-08-20T02:24:55ZdeuIstanbul University PressTiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi2687-46362023-12-0137243510.26650/jtcd.1274808123456An Essay on the Relationship Between an Actor’s Body and Their Fictional Character in the Context of Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of EmbodimentTuğçe Gözde Pelister0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1976-9069Yaşar Üniversitesi, Izmir, TurkiyeThis article discusses the actor’s body as a philosophical phenomenon based on French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of body and perception, which argues that the body gives meaning to the mind, and the mind gives meaning to the body. This discussion takes place in the reciprocity between the actor’s body and their embodiment of a fictional character. The philosophical inquiry into the actor’s body is linked to the perception and orientation relationship between the actor’s body and the fictional character. Moreover, as the living body and subject, the actor encounters and intertwines with the character on the spatial stage of the play. While the actor’s body turns into the body of the fictional character on stage, the actor’s living body phenomenologically becomes invisible. Additionally, the fictional character, who never actually existed, becomes embodied in the actor’s temporarily absent body.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/46144A13425F4B2A8A9B1FD0C9847CD4actorbodyphenomenologymerleau-pontyfictional character
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An Essay on the Relationship Between an Actor’s Body and Their Fictional Character in the Context of Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Embodiment
Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi
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title An Essay on the Relationship Between an Actor’s Body and Their Fictional Character in the Context of Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Embodiment
title_full An Essay on the Relationship Between an Actor’s Body and Their Fictional Character in the Context of Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Embodiment
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title_full_unstemmed An Essay on the Relationship Between an Actor’s Body and Their Fictional Character in the Context of Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Embodiment
title_short An Essay on the Relationship Between an Actor’s Body and Their Fictional Character in the Context of Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Embodiment
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