Responding to How Seaman Would Craft a Performance of Mark 6:49-52 – GARY...
Over the past month, Leon Seaman has contributed two posts addressing ways in which attention to point-of-view dynamics impacts his performance of Mark. The earlier one–Perspective in Live Performance:...
View ArticleFurther Comment on Mark 6:49-52 – ROBERT TANNEHILL
I agree with Gary Yamasaki (Responding to How Seaman Would Craft a Performance of Mark 6:49-52) that it is a mistake to present the disciples in Mark 6:49-52 from an external (“objective”) perspective,...
View ArticleBlocking Mark 6.47-52 for Live Solo Performance: A Response to Yamasaki and...
In my first two posts, I noted all-too-briefly how Gary Yamasaki’s work on point-of-view planes influenced my own work of Markan performance. I attended to some aspects, but not to others, of certain...
View ArticleAnother word on Mark 6:47-52. . .with a focus on “Focalization”– STEVE BLACK
I wish to consider Mark 6:47-52, in the light of some of the conversation on this blog concerning it (see posts of Dec 5/2012, Dec 12/2012, Dec 13/2012, Dec 20/2012, Dec 21/2012, Jan 8/2013). I should...
View ArticleSympathizing with a Most Unexpected Character in Mark – STEVE BLACK
It has been argued that point of view can be used as a means of getting the reader to sympathize with a given character (See Oct 25 and Oct 4 posts by Gary Yamasaki). Yamasaki argued in the Oct 25 post...
View ArticleS.B.L. Book Review Session of “Perspective Criticism” (part 4): Response to...
Steve Black’s review of Perspective Criticism (May 21/2013 post) reflects a keen grasp of the fact that the essence of point of view relates to the perspective through which readers are led to...
View ArticleS.B.L. Book Review Session on “Perspective Criticism” (part 7): Response to...
I am beginning to think that I am not sure that I find Yamasaki’s concept of “point of view character” as reflected in his response (May 29/2013 post) to be useful. I prefer simply to think of “point...
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