Open AccessŚwiadomość teatralna Antoniego Słonimskiego zapisana w debiucie prozatorskim
Author(s) -
Joanna Warońska
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annales universitatis paedagogicae cracoviensis. studia de cultura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2391-4432
pISSN - 2083-7275
DOI - 10.24917/20837275.10.2.8
Subject(s) - prison , alienation , hierarchy , institution , art , sociology , the arts , aesthetics , visual arts , political science , law , criminology , social science
Based upon the novel Teatr w więzieniu [Theatre in Prison] (1921), the author has described various methods for defining this category. This institution develops its own ceremonial. Therefore, a performance in prison appears to be a parody of it, to be one of the shows – along sports competitions and circus performances – but also a method for defining interpersonal relations, as the characters, depicted as expert actors, precede Witold Gombrowicz’s interactive people. Słonimski also ponders the consequences of the change in the hierarchy of arts, as theatrum mundi is replaced by cinematograph. However, the projected images, referencing Plato’s cave, increase the sense of alienation. It is becoming progressively more evident that such a world transforms into a prison.