The Superstructure of Myths’ Matrices and Their Transformations Based on the Latest Works of Croatian, Montenegrin, and Kosovan Playwrights and Stage Producers Cover Image

Nadbudowa matrycy mitów i ich transformacje na przykładzie najnowszej twórczości chorwackich, czarnogórskich i kosowskich dramatopisarzy oraz realizatorów scenicznych
The Superstructure of Myths’ Matrices and Their Transformations Based on the Latest Works of Croatian, Montenegrin, and Kosovan Playwrights and Stage Producers

Author(s): Gabriela Abrasowicz
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Cultural history, Croatian Literature, Montenegrine Literature, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: playwriting; theatre; transfer; transgression; post-Yugoslav region;

Summary/Abstract: Myths evolve continuously and they are influenced by transfer; in this way they cross the boundary between ages, geocultural areas, and art genres. This dynamic system of symbols, archetypes, images, and schemes has been integrated by culture and stimulates the artistic activity of the 21st century. This also happens when it comes to the playwrights and stage producers of the post-Yugoslav countries. One should point to the extraordinary transformations of myths by Ivana Sajko (Croatia), Ljubomir Ðurković (Montenegro), and Jeton Neziraj (Kosovo). As a result of such strategies as, for example, prefiguration, transposition, and reinterpretation, ancient and modern contents overlap and create new quality. The theatrical plays which are based on such texts are other examples of transfer and transformation depending on the performative circumstances of the exposition. Moreover, these productions are transcultural and transgressive.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 39
  • Page Range: 39-58
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish