Representations of the Antigone Myth in the Latin American Stage: Theatre, Resistance and Memory

  • Antonella Sturla
Keywords: Antigone, Myth, memory, violence, theatre

Abstract

The present study is based on a series of questions linked to the persistence of the figure of Antigone in Latin-American theatrical performances and to the possibility of considering theatre as a cultural practice associated to the preservation of memory. The different Latin-American versions of the myth make clear that, as Byung-Chul Han (2016) points out, violence is a constant in History and its ways of showing up vary according to the social constellations. While in the Ancient Greece the war was a material exercise over the bodies of the fighters and the victims, nowadays violence turns anonymous, unsubjectivated and systemic.

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Published
2019-11-01
How to Cite
Sturla, A. (2019). Representations of the Antigone Myth in the Latin American Stage: Theatre, Resistance and Memory. Telondefondo. Revista De Teoría Y Crítica Teatral, (30), 174-192. Retrieved from http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/telondefondo/article/view/7255
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