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Drama muškaraca kao škola za žene
MEN’S DRAMA AS SCHOOL FOR WOMEN

Author(s): Radmila Nastić
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Gender Studies, Theory of Literature, Drama
Published by: Centar za ženske studije & Centar za studije roda i politike, Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd
Keywords: drama; tragicomedy; comedy; women; feminism

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with an analysis of the traditional dramatic paradigm from Aristotle and classical Greek drama to the present day, based on, in a simplified form, on the conflict between father and son or the struggle for power. In such a pattern female characters in drama have had a subordinate role corresponding to the role of women in society throughout history. The basis of this paper is Barbara Johnson’s deconstruction of the dramatic genre illustrated by Moliere’s comedy The School for Wives. The paper also deals with the female rebels in drama who, like Antigone and Ophelia, voluntarily went to death or madness in order to escape the bloody drama of history embodied on the stage. In recent time, starting with Ibsen’s Nora and Chekov’s Nina Zarechna, heroines leave the middle class drama to forge their own drama of self-awareness.

  • Issue Year: 1996
  • Issue No: 5-6
  • Page Range: 224-241
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian