Naslov
Erwin Piscator's "Russia's Day": Agitprop between History and Myth

Autori
Bregović, Monika

Izvornik
Sic (Zadar) (1847-7755) 1 (2015), 1;

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Erwin Piscator; agitprop; Proletarian Theatre; Russia’s Day; myth; historical materialism; rationality; emotion
(Erwin Piscator; agitprop; Proletersko kazalište; Dan Rusije; mit; historijski materijalizam; emocije; racionalnost)

Sažetak
The work of Erwin Piscator as a theatre director is marked by attempts to introduce communist ideology into theatre, which was reflected in various aspects of his theatrical practice. This paper focuses on the agitprop productions staged by his Proletarian Theatre, which propagated the communist narrative of class struggle by the use of an irrational aesthetics. These performances embodied the contradiction that can be found in communist practice, which appealed to the scientifically rational analysis of history as class struggle, but in practice abolished criticism and transformed class struggle into a myth. Piscator’s production of Russia’s Day staged the conflict between the capitalist and the proletarian class according to the scientific analysis of history as class struggle, but the irrational aesthetics of the performance immersed the audience into the staged history, transforming the communist narrative into a myth.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Znanost o umjetnosti

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