gioco delle parti
Italian
Etymology
Literally, "game of the parts."
Noun
gioco delle parti m
- (idiomatic) roles, role-playing
- 2007, David Foster Wallace, “La persona depressa [The Depressed Person]”, in Ottavio Fatica; Giovanna Granato, transl., Brevi interviste con uomini schifosi [Brief Interviews with Hideous Men], Einaudi:
- La terapeuta della persona depressa... [era] in favore di un modello bioesperienziale più neutrale e dell'uso creativo dell'analogia e della narrativa (compreso, senza per questo essere imperativo, l'uso di burattini, materiale scenico e giocattoli di polistirolo, gioco delle parti, scultura umana, rispecchiamento, psicodramma, e, nei casi appropriati, intere Ricostruzioni dell'Infanzia meticolosamente sceneggiate e illustrate)...
- The depressed person's therapist... [was] in favor of a more value-neutral bioexperiential model and the creative use of analogy and narrative (including, but not necessarily mandating, the use of hand puppets, polystyrene props and toys, role-playing, human sculpture, mirroring, drama therapy, and, in appropriate cases, whole meticulously scripted and storyboarded Childhood Reconstructions)...
- (literally, “The depressed person's therapist... [was] in favor of a more neutral bioexperiential model and of the creative use of analogy and of narrative (including, without it being necessary, the use of puppets, scenic material and polystyrene toys, role-playing, human sculpture, mirroring, psychodrama, and, in the appropriate cases, entire Reconstructions of Childhood meticulously staged and illustrated)...”)