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ON WAYS OF RECONSTRUCTION OF DRAMA CAST OF CHARACTERS

ON WAYS OF RECONSTRUCTION OF DRAMA CAST OF CHARACTERS


Author:  N. Yu. Petrova

Abstract
Based on the cognitive-and-discursive approach the article treats Drama Cast of Characters as a conventional structure of knowledge, verbally represented by a list of participants of the play and their main characteristics. The textual status of Cast of Characters becomes evident due to the techniques of synchronic reconstruction and cognitive regrouping. P. Shaffer’s «Amadeus» serves a good illustration for both.

Keywords:  structure of knowledge, cognitive regrouping, cast of characters, deep coherence, dramatic opposition of protagonists

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