Acting Emotions Book

Acting Emotions - An American Context

1.  Acting emotions:  Introduction

1.1  Introduction:  Does Dustin Really Cry?  What About Meryl?

1.2  Editing Acting Emotions

1.3  What This Books is About:  Acting and Emotions

1.4  What This Book is Not About:  Limiting the Subject

1.5  Acknowledgments

2.  The Paradox Considered

2.1  Introduction:  From Paradox to the Actor's Dilemma

2.2  Diderot's Paradoxe

2.3  A Short History of Paradoxe sur le Comedien

2.4  Problematic Terms

2.5  The Actor's Dilemma

2.6  Levels of Enactment and Emotions

2.7  Summary

3.  Acting Styles

3.1  Introduction:  Different Views on Acting

3.2  The Style of Involvement

3.3  The Style of Detachment

3.4  The Style of Self-Expression

3.5  Solutions for the Dilemma

3.6  Acting Tasks

3.7  Emotions of the Actor-Craftsman

3.8  Actor and Audience

3.9  Summary