Playwriting The Structure of Action

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1、PlaywritingPlaywritingTHESTRUCTUREOFACTIONRevisedandExpandedEditionSamSmileywithNormanA.BertYaleUniversityPress6NewHavenandLondonFirstpublishedin1971byPrenticeHall.ThisrevisedandexpandedpaperbackeditionpublishedintheUnitedStatesbyYaleUniversityPressin2005.Copyright©

2、2005bySamSmiley.Allrightsreserved.Thisbookmaynotbereproduced,inwholeorinpart,includingillustrations,inanyform(beyondthatcopyingpermittedbySections107and108oftheU.S.CopyrightLawandexceptbyreviewersforthepublicpress),withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublishers.Designedb

3、yNancyOvedovitzandsetinLinotypeSabonbyDuke&Company,Devon,Pennsylvania.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataSmiley,Sam,1931–Playwriting:thestructureofaction/SamSmileywithNormanA.Bert—Rev.andexpandeded.p.cm.Includesbibliograp

4、hicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-300-10724-2(pbk.:alk.paper)1.Playwriting.I.Bert,NormanA.II.Title.PN1661.S652005808.2—dc222005013230AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.ThepaperinthisbookmeetstheguidelinesforpermanenceanddurabilityoftheCommitteeo

5、nProductionGuidelinesforBookLongevityoftheCouncilonLibraryResources.10987654321TothememoryofHubertC.HeffnerContentsPrefaceixPARTITHEPLAYWRIGHT’SSOLITARYWORK1Vision32FindingandDevelopingIdeas203DraftingandRevision41PARTIIPRINCIPLESOFDRAMA4Plot735Story1016Character123

6、7Thought1518Diction1839Melody22610Spectacle25211AWayofLife285Appendix1ManuscriptFormat295Appendix2CopyrightProtection308Bibliography311Credits317Index319viiPrefaceThepurposeofthisbookistoidentifyandexplainprinciplesessen-tialtocreatingdramas.Thebookdiffersfromplaywr

7、itingmanuals,collectionsofplaywrightinterviews,orvolumesofcriticism.Itdoesn’tfocusonhow-to-do-itorhow-someone-did-it.Thecentralquestionhereis:Whatdramaticprinciplesaffectthestructuralconnectionsbetweenmaterialandform?Thediscussionsexploreintellectualtoolsthatwriters

8、ofplays,movies,orfictioncanuseintheprocessofwrit-ingdrama.Thisbookexplainspracticalandtheoreticalprinciplesbutneverprescribestheiruseorargu