Boenisch, Peter M. (2014) Who’s watching? Me! – Theatrality, the Žižekian Subject and Spectatorship. In: Chow, Broderick and Mangold, Alex, eds. Žižek & Performance. Performance Philosophy . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke and New York, pp. 48-60. ISBN 978-1-137-41090-0. E-ISBN 978-1-137-40319-3. (doi:10.1057/9781137403193) (KAR id:54561)
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Abstract
This chapter outlines a Žižekian analysis of theatre performance that goes be-yond disclosing the ideological workings of the symbolic and imaginary orders at the level of plots, characters, and representation. Linking Žižek’s revision of Hegelian (negative) subjectivity with approaches from German ‘theatrality stud-ies’, I instead focus on the (formal) level of theatral presentation. Discussing Flemish director Guy Cassiers’s intermedial production of Robert Musil’s novel The Man Without Qualities (2009-12), I argue that the dynamic force of ‘thea’ cre-ates a reflexive experiential loop of ‘watching ourselves watching’. This induces a parallax split, which dramatizes the negative dialectic force of Hegelian-Žižekian subjectivity.
Item Type: | Book section |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1057/9781137403193 |
Subjects: |
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN80 Criticism P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1600 Drama P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The theatre |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Arts |
Depositing User: | P. Boenisch |
Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2016 11:35 UTC |
Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2022 04:10 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/54561 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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