- Tytuł:
- Authoring War Memories: War Memoir Writing and Testimonial Theatre Performances
- Autorzy:
- Bellot, Andrea Roxana
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1394584.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2020-12-30
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
- Tematy:
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war memories
witness literature
theatre of testimony
re-enacting war experiences
trauma
autobiographical writing
war memoirs
self-representation - Opis:
- This paper will discuss aspects concerning authorship, memory, and war representation, as well as trauma and healing. In order to do so, I will explore the writing of war memoirs and/or the re-enactment of war experiences on the stage as two ways of expressing and coping with war trauma. In both cases, the concept of the author, a war veteran as first-person narrator or self-performer, is central to the representation of the traumatic memories of war. It is precisely through this interaction between the author, as a legitimate witness, and source of authentic and reliable information, that the readership/audience connects emotionally with the experience of the combatants and can empathise with their situation. A theoretical conceptualisation of war memoir writing, and testimonial theatre will be illustrated with specific examples of texts connected with the Falklands War (UK-Argentina, 1982). The dominant perspective of the reflection are veterans’ stories.
- Źródło:
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Analyses/Rereadings/Theories: A Journal Devoted to Literature, Film and Theatre; 2020, 6, 1; 18-27
2353-6098 - Pojawia się w:
- Analyses/Rereadings/Theories: A Journal Devoted to Literature, Film and Theatre
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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