Mgr. Katarína Havran, Ph.D.

Doctoral thesis

From the Phenomenal to the Posthuman Body: Maria Irene Fornes’s Painterly Aesthetics in the Context of Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy

From the Phenomenal to the Posthuman Body: Maria Irene Fornes’s Painterly Aesthetics in the Context of Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy
Abstract:
V rámci teoretického podkladu vypracovaného na základě filozofie Maurice Merleau-Pontyho, tato disertační práce zkoumá tvorbu Marie Irene Fornes, přičemž se zaměřuje zejména na divadelní hry, které napsala a režírovala v 80. letech 20. století. Merleau-Ponty je obecně považován za filozofa, který zaměřil pozornost na tělo; tato práce považuje tělo jako výchozí bod pro analýzu díla Fornes a zkoumá jeho …more
Abstract:
Within a theoretical framework based on Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy, this dissertation explores Maria Irene Fornes’s work, concentrating mainly on the plays that she wrote and directed in the 1980s. While Merleau-Ponty is usually viewed to be the philosopher who directed attention to the body, the present study takes his concept of the body as the point of entry into Fornes’s work by examining …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 3. 2. 2023

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 17. 5. 2023
  • Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
  • Reader: Ph.D. Konstantinos Blatanis, Dr. Lenke Mária Németh

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Doctoral programme / field:
Literatures in English / Literatures in English