Anti-hero in “Imprudent” Theatre by Monika Strzępka and Paweł Demirski Cover Image

Antybohater w teatrze „bezczelnym” Strzępki i Demirskiego
Anti-hero in “Imprudent” Theatre by Monika Strzępka and Paweł Demirski

Author(s): Monika Kostaszuk-Romanowska
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: theatre; anti-hero; mass culture; Monika Strzępka; Paweł Demirski

Summary/Abstract: In theatrical play created by Monika Strzępka and Paweł Demirski the figure of anti-hero becomes part of artistic strategy. The article examines selected performances and demonstrates how the anti-hero character is constructed. This creation involves radical redefining of certain cultural, literary and historical tropes which contemporary mass culture generates. The archetypal figure is dismantled by means of certain techniques such as deconstruction, re-codification, synthesizing the character or exposing his conventional nature. As a result of these artistic strategies the anti-hero’s identity is blurred, self-contradictory and frequently devaluated.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 107-119
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish