Motyw emigracji a semantyka przestrzeni w teatrze Jorge Díaza

The paper discusses the correlation between the appearance of the motif of emigration and the concept of theater space, using the case of selected plays by a Chilean playwright Jorge Díaz. The article focuses on five dramas from 1980s and 1990s that revolve around the issue of forced external emigration. The definition of political emigration adopted by the author refers to sociological and psychoanalytical studies that consider exile in terms of an irretrievable loss of numerous aspects that contribute to the sense of individual integrity, leading to a life in the limbo of anticipated return, an identity crisis caused by lack of the sense of belonging, or an affective dissociation from the home and the host country. At the root of the issues listed above lie primarily the space-time conditions. A thorough analysis of theater space, using the methodologies of such researchers as T. Kowzan, M. Carmen Bobes Naves, P. Pavis, and J. L. García Barrientos, reveals the complexity of the structure of space, divided into the visible, the invisible, and the autonomous. The latter may be considered both from a synchronous and anachronistic standpoint. It can also be subject to the process of internalization, in which objective and subjective spaces are distinguished. This manner of presenting the category of space allows for discerning a number of relations, such as the presence of syntagmatic relations between various spaces (open/closed, life/recollection, etc.), or the paradigmatic, similarity- or contrast-based relations with other theater categories. Moreover, the use of the concepts of metaphor, metonymy, and synecdoche contributes substantially to enriching of the significance of the theater space.