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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

Oyuncu Bedeni ve Kurgusal Karakter İlişkisi Üzerine Merleau-Ponty’nin Bedenlenme Fenomenolojisi Bağlamında Bir Deneme

Tuğçe Gözde Pelister(YAŞAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU, TASARIM BÖLÜMÜ)0000-0002-1976-9069
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24–35
Publication Date
2023-12-21
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Additionally, the fictional character, who never actually existed, becomes embodied in the actor’s temporarily absent body.

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Objective & Hypothesis: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.
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Key Findings & Data:This discussion takes place in the reciprocity between the actor’s body and their embodiment of a fictional character.
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Conclusion & Impact:Additionally, the fictional character, who never actually existed, becomes embodied in the actor’s temporarily absent body.
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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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Bu makale, Fransız düşünür Maurice Merleau-Ponty’nin beden ve algı fenomenolojisinden yola çıkarak bedenin zihinde, zihnin de bedende anlam kazandığı iddiasıyla oyuncunun bedenini felsefi bir fenomen olarak tartışmaktadır. Bu tartışmayı oyuncunun bedeni ve kurgu karakterin bedenlenmesi karşılıklılığında yapmaktadır. Oyuncunun bedeninin felsefi sorgusu, oyuncu beden ve kurgu karakter arasındaki algı ve yönelim ilişkisine bağlanmaktadır. Ayrıca yaşayan bir beden-özne olarak oyuncu, karakterlerle oyuna ait uzamsal bir zeminde karşılaşmakta ve iç içe geçmektedir. Oyuncunun bedeni sahnede kurgu karakterin bedenine dönüşüp görünür olurken oyuncunun yaşayan bedeni fenomenolojik olarak görünmez olmaktadır. Bunun yanı sıra aslında hiçbir zaman yaşamamış olan kurgu karakter, oyuncunun geçici olarak görünmez olan bedeninde vücut bulmaktadır.

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Pelister, T. G., *, T. G. P. (2023). 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, Sayı: 37, 24–35. https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.1274808

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