ONEIRIC THEMES AND CONVENTIONS IN GAO XINGJIAN'S DRAMAS

• Authors: Labedzka Izabella
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper provides an analysis of three of the plays of Gao Xingjian i.e. 'Other Shore' (Bi'an), 'Between Life and Death' (Shengsijie) and 'Nocturnal Wanderer' (Yeyoushen). These plays are seen as artistic invitations to enter a dream permeated with magic, mystery and horror, and as exploring the dark and fearful side of man's internal world and the world outside, which surrounds him or rather is created by him in the oneiric convention. The plays are seen as focused on boundary states and situations located in the realm between life and death, reality and illusion. The authoress explores the imaginary of the identity self and cognition and the human mind evoked by those three plays of the Chinese Nobel Prize Laureate.

Keywords

EN

CHINESE DRAMA & ART; GAO XINGJIAN'S DRAMAS; ONEIRIC THEMES

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 20
• Pages: 49-71
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Labedzka Izabella

• Izabella Labedzka, Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Neophilology, Collegium Novum, al. Niepodleglosci 4, 61-874 Poznan, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA066122