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How could we imagine the genesis of theater from the magical-religious event and from social ritual? This is the fundamental question that Walter Puchner addresses in his work on the events of Greece and the Balkans, presenting 1668 cases of events in the phase of transition from ritual to popular entertainment and enjoyment.
Walter Puchner aims to document with Greek material from the events and gatherings of the calendar a hypothetical evolution that leads from individual constituent elements of theater toward the earliest primary forms of folk theater, which now rely on distinct roles and the interaction or dialogue between stage characters, creating a stage reality that differs from the social.
The various phases of this "evolution" include the procession of the gathering, the symbolic objects that circulate, the symbolic acts that take place, the mimetic behaviors in the events, and primarily the masking, which reaches specific performative roles, in practices that, in their coexistence and collaboration, now create a small improvised stage.
In the first volume of theatrical folklore, Walter Puchner adapts and presents in Greek his dissertation for his doctorate at the University of Vienna (1977), a monograph on the customary phenomena in the Greek calendar and their relationships with folk theater.
Through analysis and reflection, the author reminds us that in aging time, people have lost the ability to truly celebrate and truly mourn.
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- Author
- Walter Puchner
- Publisher
- Armos
- Type
- Sociology, Folklore, Culture
- Language
- Greek
- Subtitle
- From the magical religious custom to popular entertainment
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 484
- Release Date
- 25/10/2016
- Publication Date
- 2016
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789605279714
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