The post-traumatic theatre of Grotowski and Kantor history and Holocaust in Akropolis and the dead class

Despite its international influence, Polish theatre remains a mystery to many Westerners. This volume attempts to fill in current gaps in English-language scholarship by offering a historical and critical analysis of two of the most influential works of Polish theatre: Jerzy Grotowski's 'A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores:	Romanska, Magda, author (author)
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	London : Anthem Press 2012.
Edición:	1st ed
Colección:	Anthem Studies in Theatre and Performance
Materias:	Grotowski, Jerzy, > 1933-1999 > Criticism and interpretation. Kantor, Tadeusz, > 1915-1990 > Criticism and interpretation. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art. Experimental theater. Theater > Poland > History > 20th century.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430295506719

Tabla de Contenidos:

Part I Our Auschwitz: Grotowski's Akropolis
Chapter 1 Jerzy Grotowski: A Very Short Introduction 49
Chapter 2 Native Son: Grotowski in Poland 57
Chapter 3 Grotowski: The Polish Context 62
Chapter 4 Grotowski, the Messiah: Coming to America 73
Chapter 5 The Making of an Aura 82
Chapter 6 On Not Knowing Polish 86
Chapter 7 "In Poland: That is to Say, Nowhere" 90
Chapter 8 Akropolis/Necropolis 93
Chapter 9 The Vision and the Symbol 95
Chapter 10 "This Drama as Drama Cannot Be Staged" 104
Chapter 11 Two National Sacrums 107
Chapter 12 "Hollow Sneering Laughter": Mourning the Columbuses 111
Chapter 13 Against Heroics 119
Chapter 14 Representing the Unrepresentable 122
Chapter 15 Trip to the Museum 126
Chapter 16 Bearing the Unbearable 129
Chapter 17 The Living and the Dead 136
Chapter 18 Jacob's Burden 141
Chapter 19 The Final Descent 147
Chapter 20 Textual Transpositions 150
Chapter 21 Akropolis After Grotowski 152
Illustrations 157
Part II Our Memory: Kantor's Dead Class
Chapter 22 Tadeusz Kantor: A Very Short Introduction 185
Chapter 23 Dead Class: The Making of the Legend 193
Chapter 24 Dead Class in Poland 196
Chapter 25 The Polish History Lesson 199
Chapter 26 Dead Class Abroad 201
Chapter 27 On Not Knowing Polish, Again 204
Chapter 28 The Visual and the Puerile 209
Chapter 29 The National and the Transnational 212
Chapter 30 Witkiewicz's Tumor 215
Chapter 31 An Age of Genius: Bruno Schulz and the Return to Childhood 229
Chapter 32 Conversing with Gombrowicz: The Dead, the Funny, the Sacred and the Profane 238
Chapter 33 Panirony: "A pain with a smile and a shrug" 244
Chapter 34 Raising the Dead 252
Chapter 35 Dead Class as Kaddish ... 256
Chapter 36 Dead Class as Dybbuk, or the Absence 260
Chapter 37 The Dead and the Marionettes 262
Chapter 38 Men and Objects 267
Chapter 39 Dead Class as Forefathers' Eve 274
Chapter 40 Dead Class: The Afterlife 280.

The post-traumatic theatre of Grotowski and Kantor history and Holocaust in Akropolis and the dead class

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