Can you hear me? by Simona Semenič and question of no-longer-dramatic writing

Troha, Gašper (author)

In the article, the author analyses three plays by Simona Semenič that were published in the book can you hear me? (2017). At first sight, the three pieces appear to be written in Semenič's now-familiar writing style with no punctuation marks or upper-case initials and no apparent division between dialogues and stage directions. Content-wise, however, the three plays differ significantly from the bulk of the playwright's opus as they represent autobiographical texts which once again establish the character and more or less distinct dramatic action. The article focuses on two questions: Are these still no-longer-dramatic texts? And, what is the status of representation and performativity in them? By analysing the formal and content properties of the three texts, more precisely, through an analysis of the drama character, the relationship between dialogue and monologue and dramatic action, the author shows that indeed these texts establish recognisable dramatic characters and relatively strong dramatic action. In this, they move away from no-longer-dramatic texts as defined by Gerda Poschmann, even though their legacy is still very much present, e.g., in the fragmented writing style.

• Language: English
• Keywords: can you hear me?, no-longer-dramatic text, dramatic text, Birgit Haas, Simona Semenič
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts; AGRFT - Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 104-120
• Numbering: Letn. 9, št. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-155034
• ISSN on article: 1855-4539
• DOI: 10.51937/Amfiteater-2021-1/104-120

Copyright

Podatek o licenci CC BY 4.0 je naveden na pristajalni strani članka oz. številke revije (glej izvorni URL zgoraj). (Datum opombe: 15. 3. 2024)

• Publication date in RUL: 15.03.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Amfiteater : revija za teorijo scenskih umetnosti = journal of performing arts theory
• Publisher: Slovenski gledališki inštitut, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo
• ISSN: 1855-4539
• COBISS.SI-ID: 239685632

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Me slišiš?, ne več dramski tekst, dramski tekst, Birgit Haas, Simona Semenič

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P6-0376
• Name: Gledališke in medumetnostne raziskave