Tiny Alice is identified as a problematic script on the basis of widely divergent critical response. The text is examined on four Transactional levels to determine the feasibility of Transactional Analysis as an alternative tool in the study of problematic playscripts. Advantages, disadvantages, results, and limitations of the procedures utilized on each stratum are delineated. Implications for future research are discussed. / The structural and the transactional analyses are conducted according to Berne's criteria. Structurally, the five chapters maintain ego state congruence throughout the playscript. Transactionally, the total incidence in Tiny Alice for each transactional type is consistent with both the dramatic action and the structural analyses. However, study of the unit-by-unit transactional occurrence reveals unmotivated shifts in transactional type that may be a significant weakness and may hinder line-by-line comprehension of the character interaction. / Game analysis is presented through Berne's Game Formula and Karpman's Drama Triangle. In Tiny Alice, 125 game incidents occur within seventeen game-specific formats. Additionally, Drama Triangle game role preferences are examined by character and by character pair. The results of both procedures validate the subtextual patterns of the playscript and are compatible with prior structural and transactional analyses. / Life script analysis is explicated according to Kahler's not-Okay Miniscript Drivers. Hypothetical Miniscript sequences and life script charts illustrate each character's motivational patterns and life movements. Although the overall results are congruent to the characters' behaviors, detailed analyses reveal crucial inconsistencies between the dialogue and the dramatic action. / This study draws three conclusions. First, Tiny Alice is effective on at least three Transactional levels. Second, Transactional Analysis is a viable analytic alternative in the study of problematic playscripts. Third, its reliability is directly dependent upon the dissemination of clear, consistent, concrete descriptors for each Transactional stratum. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-12, Section: A, page: 3537. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75697 |
| Contributors | MILLS, KATHLEEN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 1079 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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