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Gatunki dramatyczne i mobilność kultury
Dramatic Genres and Cultural Mobility

Author(s): Małgorzata Sugiera
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: Theater Genres; Drama Genres; Literary Genres; Poetics; Cultural translocation; Cultural mobility; Greenblatt

Summary/Abstract: Małgorzata Sugiera’s text takes its point of departure from the notion of theater, drama, and literary genres that have been around since the latter half of the 20th century. Describing various theories behind these new structures and definitions of various genres of poetics, Sugiera indicates that all attempts to depart from the impasse have been insufficient. She shows this problem in the wider context of cultural research and the process of cultural translocation, which never occurs in a simple, bilateral way, but is composed of a network of discreet, interacting elements and their transferal in the sphere various cultures. This is why, for instance, the television program Why Me shows the applicability and inspiring power of Stephen Greenblatt’s concept of cultural mobility, which takes into account interacting and synchronous cultural and social forces.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 106
  • Page Range: 48-54
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish