Polanz, Dorothee, «Théatralité: Analyse d’une notion critique à travers trois média et époques (roman, peinture et cinéma aux XVIIIe, XIXe et XXe siècles)». Ph.D., , Ann Arbor, United States 2010 Abstract I argue that the notion of “theatricality,” though it has been frequently used as an interpretive tool in critical discourse on various artistic and literary forms (novels, poetry, painting, fashion, film, etc.) remains ill defined. Moreover, it appears obvious that theatricality does not, in fact, manifest itself in the same way in all genres and media where critics attempt to use it as an interpretive tool. A double question thus informs my research: how legitimate is the use of…