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An Easy Little Story about What Others are Up To. Anecdote in Theatre History Studies

Author(s): Alicja Kędziora
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: theater history; autobiography; theater anecdote

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to draw the attention to the formation process of the theatre history on the basis of the dominant perception of phenomena, relations between them and the oeuvre of the artists, which has been shaped by the selected research methods. The material, which constitutes the exemplification for the necessity of turning towards the unconventional readings of the sources seen as not so credible, is the autobiography, with the special focus on the anecdotes which are prevalent in it.

  • Issue Year: 24/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-32
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish