The theater games and the construction of symbolic knowledge: from playing to a meaningful experience
Mariana Tagliari,
Robson Corrêa de Camargo
Abstract:This article aims to analyze the practice of the theater games by Viola Spolin (1906-1994) in her construction of the symbolic form and as a driver of meaningful experience (Dewey 1859-1952). The definition of symbolic form will be based on the writings of the philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) and the philosopher and educator Susana Langer (1895-1985). For these thinkers, the symbolic is presented as a fundamental element of knowledge and structuring of human culture in myth, religion, language, history, … Show more
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