Diasporinė Tapatybė Šiuolaikiniame Lietuvos Teatre
Diasporic Identity in Contemporary Lithuanian Theatre
Author(s): Dementavičiūtė-Stankuvienė DeimantėSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Cultural history, Post-Communist Transformation, Migration Studies, Hermeneutics, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Visuomeninė organizacija »LOGOS«
Keywords: post-soviet theatre; postcolonialism; diasporic identity; national hero;
Summary/Abstract: The article analyses diasporal identity in the contemporary Lithuanian theatre through the performance “Expulsion” directed by Oskaras Koršunovas. The performance is the most comprehensive analysis of portraits of emigrants from Lithuania. Hermeneutic and psychoanalytic approaches analyze the post-Soviet identity of the main character in the performance whose name is Ben in post-colonial discourse. A theory of post-colonialism reveals a hybrid identity accompanied by ambivalence and mimicry. East-West turn into an essential dichotomy in the performance. It defines the postcolonial and colonial state experienced at the same time in emigration by the main character. Diasporal identity developes through re experiencing stages of human development unable to get rid of infantilism which accompanies excessive self-analysis, narcissism and aggression.
Journal: LOGOS - A Journal of Religion, Philosophy, Comparative Cultural Studies and Art
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 85
- Page Range: 188-195
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Lithuanian