At the crossroads of cultural, political and anthropological issues, this thesis analyses the transposition of a Greek myth into the African universe. It focuses on the figure of Antigone and her representation, questioning contemporary Francophone theatrical production through the study of ten «Antigones of Africa», on a chronological arc going from the end of the 1980s to the present. This work is based on a corpus composed of textual re-readings, but also and above all on research into peri-textual materials (performances, adaptations, photographs, dramaturgical projects, interviews, etc.), most of which have never been published. Considering theatrical productions as artistic objects where the relations between cultures and power are manifested, this thesis questions the way in which coloniality and the contemporary world affect the revival of a «classic» in the reverberation of Franco-African relations. By turning to the theatre to rethink the whole of cultural products in terms of performance and forms of domination, the analysis of the corpus shows the relationships between theatrical creation, cultural institutions, and economic and political logics. The analysis shows, on the one hand, the ways in which artistic productions convey representations that can favour the fabrication of an aestheticization of difference, notably in the form of the exoticism of the body and the imaginary; on the other hand, it highlights the strategies that make it possible to thwart identity assignments and deconstruct stereotypes relating to these pre-established and dominant frameworks, either to subvert them or to redeploy them for «counter-exotic» purposes.
All’incrocio tra questioni culturali, politiche e antropologiche, questa tesi analizza la trasposizione di un mito greco nell’universo africano. Si concentra, in particolare, sulla figura di Antigone e sulla sua rappresentazione, interrogando la produzione teatrale francofona contemporanea attraverso lo studio di dieci «Antigoni d’Africa», in un arco cronologico che va dalla fine degli anni Ottanta a oggi. Questo lavoro si basa su un corpus composto da riletture testuali, ma anche e soprattutto sulla ricerca di materiali peri-testuali (spettacoli, adattamenti, fotografie di spettacoli, progetti drammaturgici, interviste, ecc.), in gran parte inediti. Considerando gli spettacoli teatrali come oggetti artistici in cui si manifestano le relazioni tra culture e potere, questa tesi si interroga sul modo in cui la colonialità e il mondo contemporaneo influenzano la ripresa di un «classico» nel riverbero delle relazioni franco-africane. Rivolgendosi al teatro per ripensare l'insieme dei prodotti culturali in termini di performance e forme di dominazione, l’analisi del corpus mostra le relazioni tra creazione teatrale, istituzioni culturali e logiche economiche e politiche. L’analisi mostra, da un lato, i modi in cui le produzioni artistiche veicolano rappresentazioni che possono favorire l’elaborazione di un’estetizzazione della differenza, in particolare nelle forme dell’esotismo del corpo e dell’immaginario; dall'altro, mette in luce le strategie che consentono di contrastare le attribuzioni identitarie e di decostruire gli stereotipi relativi a questi quadri precostituiti e dominanti, sia per sovvertirli sia per reimpiegarli a fini «contro-esotici».
ANTIGONES D'AFRIQUE SUR LA SCENE FRANCOPHONE. LES PARADOXES CULTURELS ET POLITIQUES DE LA CREATION THEATRALE FRANCO-AFRICAINE / D. Lacirignola ; sotto la direzione di S. Riva e S. Chalaye. Università degli Studi di Milano, 2022 Oct 14. 34. ciclo, Anno Accademico 2021.
ANTIGONES D'AFRIQUE SUR LA SCENE FRANCOPHONE. LES PARADOXES CULTURELS ET POLITIQUES DE LA CREATION THEATRALE FRANCO-AFRICAINE
D. Lacirignola
2022
Abstract
At the crossroads of cultural, political and anthropological issues, this thesis analyses the transposition of a Greek myth into the African universe. It focuses on the figure of Antigone and her representation, questioning contemporary Francophone theatrical production through the study of ten «Antigones of Africa», on a chronological arc going from the end of the 1980s to the present. This work is based on a corpus composed of textual re-readings, but also and above all on research into peri-textual materials (performances, adaptations, photographs, dramaturgical projects, interviews, etc.), most of which have never been published. Considering theatrical productions as artistic objects where the relations between cultures and power are manifested, this thesis questions the way in which coloniality and the contemporary world affect the revival of a «classic» in the reverberation of Franco-African relations. By turning to the theatre to rethink the whole of cultural products in terms of performance and forms of domination, the analysis of the corpus shows the relationships between theatrical creation, cultural institutions, and economic and political logics. The analysis shows, on the one hand, the ways in which artistic productions convey representations that can favour the fabrication of an aestheticization of difference, notably in the form of the exoticism of the body and the imaginary; on the other hand, it highlights the strategies that make it possible to thwart identity assignments and deconstruct stereotypes relating to these pre-established and dominant frameworks, either to subvert them or to redeploy them for «counter-exotic» purposes.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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