Intermediate ways of creating theatricality in artistic discourse

Th e article addresses the issue of theatricality, especially the way of creating this cultural phenomenon in the dramaturgical text and in the narrative artistic text. Theatricality understood as a cultural and aesthetic aspect is combined in some types of speeches with theatricality in life, especially in prose. If in the dramaturgical text its structure (dialogue — stage directions) constitutes a first element of theatricality, then the theatrical techniques from the show (ad spectatores, the monologue, the actor’s corporeality, etc.) are elements that can also be found in the narrative literary text in the form of authoriality, of various forms of psychology, etc. In this context, an important role in the creation of theatricality is played by intermediality as the interaction of codes specific to certain artistic or non-artistic discourses. We investigate the relationship between theatricality and intermediality from a theoretical and methodological point of view, with some examples from artistic texts or performances.