by Krzysztof Pleśniarowicz (Author), William Brand (Translator)
The book offers the reader a clear model of reflection on a work of theater art, it is a summary of 20th century knowledge on this subject, a specific synthesis of the consequences and achievements of contemporary theatrical autonomism. Krzysztof Pleśniarowicz defines an antinomy that fits exclusively within the framework of a theatrical work: illusion/disillusion - instead of an opposition that is now generally obsolete: between a literary work (drama) and an unliterary theatrical work (spectacle).
Author Biography
Prof. Krzysztof Pleśniarowicz, PhD - Jagiellonian University professor, Head of Department of Contemporary Culture JU, Director of the Cricoteka Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor in Cracow (1994-2000). His publications include: The Theatre of Un-Human Forms (in Polish, 1994, 2023), Eastern Drama of the Absurd in the Twilight of the Soviet Block (in Polish, 1994, 2021; in English 2023), The Dead Memory Machine. Tadeusz Kantor's Theatre of Death (in Polish, 1990; in English, 1994, 2004; in Hungarian 2007), critical editions of Tadeusz Kantor's writings (in Polish, 2000, 2005; in Romanian 2014).