From Drama Analysis to Theater Philosophy: The Theater Scholarship of Irena Sławińska Cover Image

Od analizy dramatu do filozofii teatru O pracach teatrologicznych Ireny Sławińskiej
From Drama Analysis to Theater Philosophy: The Theater Scholarship of Irena Sławińska

Author(s): Wojciech Kaczmarek
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: poetic drama; religious drama; theater anthropology; theater philosophy;

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the theater scholarship of Irena Sławińska (1913–2004), an eminent humanist affiliated with the Catholic University of Lublin for more than five decades, co-founder of Polish drama and theater studies. The author discusses Sławińska’s research on the language of drama, poetic and religious drama, as well as her methodological proposals for drama and theater analysis, anthropology, and philosophy. The article also describes the scholar’s role in developing relations between Polish and Western theatre studies, especially with regard to Anglo- and Francophone research, and highlights her original contribution to the analysis of anthropological foundations of the idea of theater that refers to classical philosophy and Christianity.

  • Issue Year: 72/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 99-123
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish