De Chiara, Mariafilomena2012-04-162012-04-162009De Chiara M. La scena nel testo: Enrico IV di Luigi Pirandello. Arena Romanistica. 2009; 5: 76-861890-4580http://hdl.handle.net/10230/16368The starting point is the understanding of the dramatic text as literary text, thus it could be analyzed with methodologies coming from literary studies: the dramatic text is literature, creation of language and it can be read and interpreted as such. Of course I acknowledge the text’s performativity, implicit in its characteristic and functions. The analysis of Enrico IV (1921) constitutes a practical application of the proposal and the opportunity for opening the discussion to new perspectives.application/pdfita(c) 2009. University of Bergen. This is an electronic version of an article published in De Chiara M. La scena nel testo: Enrico IV di Luigi Pirandello. Arena Romanistica. 2009; 5: 76-86. Arena romanistica is available online at: http://arenaromanistica.uib.noPirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936 -- Crítica i interpretacióTeatre -- S. XX -- Història i críticainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleTeatroTesto drammaticoTesto spettacolareAnalisiinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess