Obraz dejín v dráme a v inscenácií hry Holokaust V. Klimáčka
The image of history in drama and productions of the play Holocaust by V. Klimáček

Author(s): Ana Žikić
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Slovak Literature, Nationalism Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: analytic drama; national identity; collective and cultural memory;
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the problem of representation of historical events in the play by V. Klimáček. We analyse the reflection of World War II and Slovak State in the play from the perspective of theories of cultural and collective memory. We are interested in the way in which the image of the historical event is formed by a narrative, which elaborates a problematic fragment of the history. We pay attention to perspective from which the reality is being shown, supposing that every analysis forms a specific monument, which subsequently has influence on forming of narrative (national) identity. We analyse the structural elements of the play, which allows showing events from different perspectives and requires an interpretation by a recipient (reader or spectator). At the same time we compare the dramatic text by V. Klimáček and the staging by R. Ballek, analysing means used to produce eventual meaning.

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