STAGE INCARNATIONS OF TOTALITARIAN MYTHOLOGEMS IN THE BULGARIAN THEATRE
STAGE INCARNATIONS OF TOTALITARIAN MYTHOLOGEMS IN THE BULGARIAN THEATRE
Author(s): Joanna Spassova-DikovaSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Sociology, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Studies in violence and power, History of Communism, Cold-War History, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Totalitarian Mythologems; Stage Incarnations; Bulgarian Theatre; Socialism; Magic;
Summary/Abstract: The presentation addresses issues related to the construction of the socialist canon in the Bulgarian theatre on the basis of certain postulates and ideologemes that provoked the creation of new totalitarian mythologems (Jung, Kerényi). By its very nature, European totalitarianism of the 20th century did not tolerate gods other than those whom it had named itself. Rejecting the centuries-old faith in the Christian god, the system had to elevate its idols. Here the magic that art and artistic image possess was put into reconsideration. Totalitarian culture and art incorporated the powerful tradition of esoteric notions of image in order to create a new religion with new rituals that affect consciousness through the archetypal in a grand spectacle (Debord). In this theatre, the stage incarnations of totalitarian mythologems about the party leader, the positive hero, the youth, the masses, etc. became the main means of forming the type of socio-political thinking necessary for the power.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 159-188
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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