Theatre as a medium of experiencing death on the example of selected plays by Hanoch Levin Cover Image

Teatr jako medium doświadczania śmierci na przykładzie wybranych dramatów Hanocha Levina
Theatre as a medium of experiencing death on the example of selected plays by Hanoch Levin

Author(s): Barbara Świąder-Puchowska
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Other Language Literature, Drama
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: contemporary theatre; contemporary drama; Hanoch Levin; death; dying;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the topics of death and dying in the works of the Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin, which are focused on them more or less. The text presents sources of the author’s obsessive focus on this subject (including the death of his father and personal experience of war), as well as selected examples of its implementation, with particular emphasis on the drama Requiem.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 191-201
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish