Dorota Dutsch
List of John Benjamins publications for which Dorota Dutsch plays a role.
Articles
Gestures in the manuscripts of Terence and late revivals of literary drama Gesture 7:1, pp. 39–71 | Article
2007 Several manuscripts of Terence feature a cycle of miniatures depicting masked actors. The miniatures mark scene-headings and on this account have often been dismissed as merely decorative and irrelevant to the history of ancient theater. Nevertheless, the pictures project an illusion of… read more
Towards a grammar of gesture: A comparison between the types of hand movements of the orator and the actor in Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria 11.3.85–184 Gesture 2:2, pp. 259–281 | Article
2002 In his Institutio (11.3.85–88), Quintilian divides all human gestures into “imitative” and “natural,” with natural gestures forming a symbolic code comparable to spoken language. This language of gesture would have included hand movements equivalent to adverbs, pronouns, nouns, and verbs. Such… read more