Look back at IVa. Plano textual o literario and review el código comunicativo teatral. Also review what you have learned about the relationship between the dramatist and the dramatic text based on the dynamics of dialogue, and the dynamics between the dramatic text/dialogue, the performers, and the message. Within the communicative code for drama, the spectator (el espectador) interacts with the dramatic text through the dialogue delivered by the performers. From this the spectator is expected to reflect on and unravel the meaning of the message of the dramatic text.

Task 1. Scan for Information.

1.			As the audience of a dramatic performance, the spectator will be faced with one of three types of discourse. Scan the first paragraph in this section, on page 245, find the three types of discourse, and explain how each one functions--that is, what questions each type of discourse answers.

Task 2. Interpret.

2.			In contemporary theater, the traditional division between the performers and the audience often disappears because "el espectador se integra al espectáculo como un observador participante." What do you think the authors mean by this?
3.			The importance of the spectator as participant observer is established most strongly through his or her relationship with what two dramatic devices?

Task 3. Define and Compare. The last paragraph of this section, on page 245, defines the concept of "participant observer" and explains how the relationship is established through monologues and asides. Read this paragraph to determine how the relationship develops and defines the role of the spectator as participant observer. Compare your answer here with your interpretation from Task 2, and add any new information to that interpretation.

4.			el monólogo:
5.			los apartes: