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Peter Božič and the question of the authentic theatrical avant-garde in Slovenia in the second half of the 20th century
ID Troha, Gašper (Author)

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Peter Božič was a Slovenian playwright whose most important plays were written at the beginning of his career, between 1955 and 1961. This writing is strongly connected to the then-avant-garde theatre Oder 57 (Stage 57), which presented opposition to the thenprevailing style of socialist realism in Yugoslavia. Young dramatists, directors and actors sought new ways of expression, leaning on existentialist philosophy, Artaud's theatre and modernist literature. However, when asked about the influences on his work, Božič replied: “When I was writing Človek v šipi (Man in the Window – his first play), I was leaning on my own life experience, not knowing that this form was in fact avant-garde theatre. Only later, when I first saw Ionesco on stage, did I realise, this is it.” When he later explains the influence of Beckett and Ionesco on his plays, he admits that they were important to him in “the cultural sense. However, when it comes to my plays’ content, the war had a much stronger influence. During the war, all my values were shattered to pieces.” How authentic was the development of the avant-garde theatre of Peter Božič on the European periphery? To what extent can it be compared to the works of Beckett and Ionesco? The author analyses this relationship between the centre in France and the periphery in Slovenia by comparing the early plays of Peter Božič and the works of Beckett and Ionesco that Božič saw or read in Slovenia – The Bald Soprano and The Lesson by Ionesco and Waiting for Godot and Endgame by Beckett.

Language:English
Keywords:Peter Božič, Eugène Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, theatre of the absurd, avant-garde
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:AGRFT - Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.01.2025
Year:2025
Number of pages:Str. 142-159
Numbering:Let. 13, št. 1
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-179138 This link opens in a new window
UDC:821.163.6.09-2Božič P.
ISSN on article:1855-4539
DOI:10.51937/Amfiteater-2025-1/142-159 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:240618243 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:06.02.2026
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Title:Amfiteater : revija za teorijo scenskih umetnosti
Publisher:Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo, Društvo gledaliških kritikov in teatrologov Slovenije, Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo, Društvo gledaliških kritikov in teatrologov Slovenije, Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo, Slovenski gledališki inštitut, Slovenski gledališki inštitut, = Slovenian Theatre Institute, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani, = University of Ljubljana Press
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Peter Božič in vprašanje avtentične gledališke avantgarde v Sloveniji v drugi polovici 20. stoletja
Abstract:
Peter Božič je bil slovenski dramatik, čigar najpomembnejše igre so nastale na začetku njegove kariere, med letoma 1955 in 1961. To pisanje je močno povezano z Odrom 57, ki je predstavljal opozicijo takrat prevladujočemu slogu socialističnega realizma v Jugoslaviji. Mladi dramatiki, režiserji in igralci so iskali nove načine izražanja, ki so se opirali na eksistencialistično filozofijo, Artaudovo gledališče in modernistično literaturo. Vendar je Peter Božič na vprašanje o vplivih na svoje delo odgovoril: »Ko sem pisal Človeka v šipi [njegova prva igra, op. a.], sem se naslanjal na lastne življenjske izkušnje, ne da bi vedel, da je ta oblika pravzaprav avantgardno gledališče. Šele pozneje, ko sem prvič videl Ionesca na odru, sem spoznal, da je to to.« In ko pozneje pojasnjuje vpliv Becketta in Ionesca na svoje igre, priznava, da sta bila zanj pomembna v »kulturnem smislu. Vendar pa je na vsebino mojih iger veliko močneje vplivala vojna. Med vojno so vse moje vrednote razpadle na koščke.« Kako pristen je bil razvoj avantgardnega gledališča Petra Božiča na evropskem obrobju? V kolikšni meri ga lahko primerjamo z deli Becketta in Ionesca? To razmerje med centrom v Franciji in slovensko periferijo razprava analizira s primerjavo med zgodnjimi dramami Petra Božiča ter deli Becketta in Ionesca, ki jih je Božič videl ali bral v Sloveniji – Plešasto pevko in Učno uro Ionesca ter Čakajoč Godota in Konec igre Becketta.

Keywords:Peter Božič, Eugène Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, drama absurda, avantgarda

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Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:P6-0376-2018
Name:Gledališke in medumetnostne raziskave

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