Vor-Schriften? Regieanweisungen als (Teil von) Notationen in Elfriede Jelineks Theatertexten

The article follows the attempt to negotiate “stage directions” in Elfriede Jelinek's theater texts as “scenic passages”. These take on mediating or translating functions between persona staged “author” and institution of one hand, text performance other. To elaborate modes operation passages,” resorts a research perspective directed from field “notation.” basic assumption is that such focus makes it possible foreground translation processes writing, voices, sounds, well interconnected problematics limitation potency notation their socio-political, medial, historical contexts. For this purpose, metaphors (echo-chamber, score, poly- heterophony), which often serve describe texts, are first brought into view. textual procedures shown be practice sound phenomena, negotiates ruptures medial cultural transmission. In sense, paper argues for privileging heterophonic descriptive language order conceptually catch up with translation. subsequent section, modulations passages” plays examined “small forms” stimulate