dc.contributor.author
Lignou Tsamantani, Ariadni
dc.date.accessioned
2021-05-28T11:26:01Z
dc.date.available
2021-05-28T11:26:01Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/30877
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-30616
dc.description.abstract
This thesis explores how contemporary theatre critically deals with the question of national identity. The theatre’s interest in the question of national identity in the twenty-first century should not be explained only as an answer to extremist nationalist voices. Much more, one should account for the reasons why the idea of nation still evokes emotional responses in our societies. In which ways might contemporary theatre, with its non-representational aesthetics, not only deconstruct, but also critically redefine the concept of identity without completely rejecting it? How is theatre’s response to nation affected by the historical, cultural and institutional context within which performances are produced and received? How different theatrical approaches to national identity (on stage as well as on an institutional level) might invite the spectators to reconsider their own national self-perceptions and (often unnoticed) national attachments? This thesis proposes a typology of three modes of theatre’s critical engagement with the concept of national identity: a dialectical, a deconstructive and a nation-transcending mode. In my analysis I focus on the case of contemporary Greek theatre in the period 2006 – 2015 and particularly on productions of the National Theatre of Greece and the Hellenic Festival (Athens and Epidaurus Festival). Due to the “national” terms under which their tradition and identity have been constructed, both these cultural institutions lend themselves well to an exploration of the relationship between theatre and nation through the suggested typology of the three modes. During the examined period, their programming choices and strategies concerning theatre space challenged homogeneous narratives and singular conceptions of nation and national identity.
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dc.format.extent
341 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject
theatre and nation
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dc.subject
national identity
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dc.subject
Greek identity
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dc.subject
contemporary Greek theatre
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dc.subject
national theatre
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Hellenic Festival
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National Theatre of Greece
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dc.subject.ddc
700 Künste und Unterhaltung::790 Sport, Spiele, Unterhaltung::792 Bühnenkunst
dc.title
Between, Against, Beyond: Challenging National Identities in Contemporary Greek Theatre
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female
dc.contributor.firstReferee
Warstat, Matthias
dc.contributor.furtherReferee
Pechlivanos, Miltos
dc.date.accepted
2020-07-09
dc.identifier.urn
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-refubium-30877-6
refubium.affiliation
Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften
dcterms.accessRights.dnb
free
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access