Actor Dual-Consciousness and Recreative Imagination

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https://doi.org/10.4013/fsu.2022.233.03

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Many actors report a form of dual-consciousness when playing roles on stage: they react to the given circumstances as their characters would do, but they do not forget they are on the stage. This paper analyzes the concept of dual-consciousness and argues that actor dual-consciousness results from the actor’s imaginings, which both recreate the experience of the character and inform the actor about the non-reality of the experience.

Keywords: Acting, actor, dual-consciousness, recreative imagination, experiential identification.

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Yuchen Guo, Lanzhou University

Lanzhou University, Sch Philosophy & Sociology

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2022-11-16

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GUO, Y. Actor Dual-Consciousness and Recreative Imagination. Filosofia Unisinos / Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, São Leopoldo, v. 23, n. 3, p. 1–13, 2022. DOI: 10.4013/fsu.2022.233.03. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/24513. Acesso em: 12 may. 2025.

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v.23, n.3 (2022): Sep-Dec

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