LINGVOCOGNITIVE POTENTIAL OF INTRODUCTORY STAGE DIRECTIONS (BASED ON THE PLAYS OF THE THEATRE OF PARADOX)

LINGVOCOGNITIVE POTENTIAL OF INTRODUCTORY STAGE DIRECTIONS (BASED ON THE PLAYS OF THE THEATRE OF PARADOX)

Author:  L. A. Borbotko

Abstract: 
Special attention is drawn to the linguistic and cognitive analysis of stage directions of plays that belong to the theatre of paradox. Genre peculiarities find their reflection both in the structure and semantics of stage directions, which is clearly observed in the metatext of E. Ionesco’s «The Bald Soprano».

Keywords:  linguistic and cognitive analysis, stage directions, theatre of paradox, genre, structure and semantics, metatext