JOURNAL ARTICLE

Acting and pretending.

  • Published In: Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy, 2024, v. 90, n. 1. P. 134 1 of 3

  • Database: Humanities Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Guo, Yuchen 3 of 3

Abstract

What is the nature of the kind of behaviour English speakers call "acting"? A popular strategy is to say that acting is a kind of pretence, and onstage actors pretend to do and say what the character does and says. This paper aims to reject this "pretence theory of acting". To do so, first, I introduce several counterexamples showing that actors do not engage in pretending but still enact their characters; second, I argue that the reasons in favour of the pretence theory of acting are not persuasive; finally, I argue that the pretence theory of acting can lead to a misunderstanding about acting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy. 2024/02, Vol. 90, Issue 1, p134
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Biography
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:00405825
  • DOI:10.1111/theo.12513
  • Accession Number:175964747
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