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Unperformable Plays and the Metaphysics of the Stage: Holderlin and Kleist
Unperformable Plays and the Metaphysics of the Stage: Holderlin and Kleist
Unperformable Plays and the Metaphysics of the Stage: Holderlin and Kleist

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최종처리일시  
20250211151037
ISBN  
9798383482278
DDC  
800
저자명  
Sovinsky, Netta.
서명/저자  
Unperformable Plays and the Metaphysics of the Stage: Holderlin and Kleist
발행사항  
[Sl] : Yale University, 2024
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
형태사항  
228 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-01, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: North, Paul.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 2024.
초록/해제  
요약This project reads through two German plays from around 1800 that were considered "unperformable" at their time: Holderlin's Der Tod des Empedokles and Kleist's Penthesilea. My work thinks of theatrical "unperformability" as a rebellion against the epistemological and metaphysical frames that were dominating the theater of their time, as well as the public space that this theater was affirming and forming. The plays, I suggest, expose and in fact perform "on stage" the conditions of appearance of the Dramatic stage, which they do not obey - conditions that in Dramatic theater were supposed to be hidden. Those conditions characterize also the metaphysical frame that is called the "metaphysics of representation", an understanding of human experience and relations with objects and others that is common in Western Metaphysics. The plays' performance of the conditions of appearance put light on the violent reduction that they impose on any foreign body that reaches the border of the stage and wishes to be seen: their theatrical manifestation exposes how the epistemological limitations and interpretative demands are translated to real violence against bodies and groups, such as in the case of Empedokles' exile from the city, and Penthesilea's war and final act of eating her beloved.In the chapter about Der Tod des Empedokles, I suggest that the protagonist's repeating spectacles of disappearance resist and negotiate the rigid conditions of appearance presented by the priest and the gathering of the citizens, that attempt to dictate Empedokles appearances on stage as well as in the political space. Working with Holderlin's poetological texts and their philosophical context, I point out the potential of the form of Empedokles' dramatic personhood for the interruptions of those conditions. I then survey how formal elements borrowed from Ancient Greek theater, as well as its social, political and theological contexts, are used in Holderlin's play to interrupt the norms and forms of dramatic theater and the political gatherings that it enables. In my interpretation, "Empedokles" is working closely with the conditions of performance, and portrays also a search for a stage with more hospitable conditions, that may be manifested in the figure of the volcano.With Penthesilea, I examine how the play makes visible the political implications of epistemological condition - especially in the context of gender performance. I first survey the history of rejections of the play from the theater, and the epistemological conditions that it breached to become unfitting for these stages. Then, I follow instances in which figures in the play perform repeating failed attempts to understand Penthesilea's appearance and her desire in terms of the spectators' familiar metaphysics - mirroring the logic of their battlefield, and a similar battle-like metaphysical formation of desire. I emphasize how those hermeneutical attempts expose the epistemological violence that was enacted upon the bodies of the Amazons and the heroin's unconventional desire, and suggest that her desire was forced into the interpretative frame of the battlefield, resulting in her violent love act. Penthesilea's act translates the violence of the epistemological frame to real, physical violence; to which the epistemological frame is nevertheless, in my reading, responsible. Yet the hold of that epistemology is constantly haunted by gentle notes and half-transparent ghosts of its insufficiency: suspicious friends, mournful lovers, and a wondering desire that refuses to settle in a form.Together with the exposure of the violence, my reading emphasizes singular moments in which the plays imagine a different stage-epistemology that blinks through the loving gazes of Prothoe, Pausanias and Panthea, and the queer amazons' bodies. I suggest that those plays were on the one hand written, as Goethe wrote to Kleist, "for a theater that doesn't exist" - challenging the theater of the future to become a different space, while at the same time thinking the failure of performance seriously, as it exposes something essential about performativity. This resistance is not stepping out of the theater, but is rather intimately entangled within the mechanism of performance, and can imagine new theatrical possibilities for theater, metaphysics and the political space through their relations with each other. This productive "unperformability" seeks to challenge and re-imagine the possibilities of appearance and performance in the theater and the public space. Through the question of the metaphysics of the stage, "unperformability" works out how epistemological realms of appearance dictate the treatment of foreign and transgressive bodies by social spaces and their systems of meaning, and how it can be interrupted.
일반주제명  
Literature
키워드  
German plays
키워드  
1800
키워드  
Der Tod des Empedokles
키워드  
Penthesilea
기타저자  
Yale University Germanic Languages and Literatures
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-01A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
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■520    ▼aThis  project  reads  through  two  German  plays  from  around  1800  that  were  considered  "unperformable"  at  their  time:  Holderlin's  Der  Tod  des  Empedokles  and  Kleist's  Penthesilea.  My  work  thinks  of  theatrical  "unperformability"  as  a  rebellion  against  the  epistemological  and  metaphysical  frames  that  were  dominating  the  theater  of  their  time,  as  well  as  the  public  space  that  this  theater  was  affirming  and  forming.  The  plays,  I  suggest,  expose  and  in  fact  perform  "on  stage"  the  conditions  of  appearance  of  the  Dramatic  stage,  which  they  do  not  obey  -  conditions  that  in  Dramatic  theater  were  supposed  to  be  hidden.  Those  conditions  characterize  also  the  metaphysical  frame  that  is  called  the  "metaphysics  of  representation",  an  understanding  of  human  experience  and  relations  with  objects  and  others  that  is  common  in  Western  Metaphysics.  The  plays'  performance  of  the  conditions  of  appearance  put  light  on  the  violent  reduction  that  they  impose  on  any  foreign  body  that  reaches  the  border  of  the  stage  and  wishes  to  be  seen:  their  theatrical  manifestation  exposes  how  the  epistemological  limitations  and  interpretative  demands  are  translated  to  real  violence  against  bodies  and  groups,  such  as  in  the  case  of  Empedokles'  exile  from  the  city,  and  Penthesilea's  war  and  final  act  of  eating  her  beloved.In  the  chapter  about  Der  Tod  des  Empedokles,  I  suggest  that  the  protagonist's  repeating  spectacles  of  disappearance  resist  and  negotiate  the  rigid  conditions  of  appearance  presented  by  the  priest  and  the  gathering  of  the  citizens,  that  attempt  to  dictate  Empedokles  appearances  on  stage  as  well  as  in  the  political  space.  Working  with  Holderlin's  poetological  texts  and  their  philosophical  context,  I  point  out  the  potential  of  the  form  of  Empedokles'  dramatic  personhood  for  the  interruptions  of  those  conditions.  I  then  survey  how  formal  elements  borrowed  from  Ancient  Greek  theater,  as  well  as  its  social,  political  and  theological  contexts,  are  used  in  Holderlin's  play  to  interrupt  the  norms  and  forms  of  dramatic  theater  and  the  political  gatherings  that  it  enables.  In  my  interpretation,  "Empedokles"  is  working  closely  with  the  conditions  of  performance,  and  portrays  also  a  search  for  a  stage  with  more  hospitable  conditions,  that  may  be  manifested  in  the  figure  of  the  volcano.With  Penthesilea,  I  examine  how  the  play  makes  visible  the  political  implications  of  epistemological  condition  -  especially  in  the  context  of  gender  performance.  I  first  survey  the  history  of  rejections  of  the  play  from  the  theater,  and  the  epistemological  conditions  that  it  breached  to  become  unfitting  for  these  stages.  Then,  I  follow  instances  in  which  figures  in  the  play  perform  repeating  failed  attempts  to  understand  Penthesilea's  appearance  and  her  desire  in  terms  of  the  spectators'  familiar  metaphysics  -  mirroring  the  logic  of  their  battlefield,  and  a  similar  battle-like  metaphysical  formation  of  desire.  I  emphasize  how  those  hermeneutical  attempts  expose  the  epistemological  violence  that  was  enacted  upon  the  bodies  of  the  Amazons  and  the  heroin's  unconventional  desire,  and  suggest  that  her  desire  was  forced  into  the  interpretative  frame  of  the  battlefield,  resulting  in  her  violent  love  act.  Penthesilea's  act  translates  the  violence  of  the  epistemological  frame  to  real,  physical  violence;  to  which  the  epistemological  frame  is  nevertheless,  in  my  reading,  responsible.  Yet  the  hold  of  that  epistemology  is  constantly  haunted  by  gentle  notes  and  half-transparent  ghosts  of  its  insufficiency:  suspicious  friends,  mournful  lovers,  and  a  wondering  desire  that  refuses  to  settle  in  a  form.Together  with  the  exposure  of  the  violence,  my  reading  emphasizes  singular  moments  in  which  the  plays  imagine  a  different  stage-epistemology  that  blinks  through  the  loving  gazes  of  Prothoe,  Pausanias  and  Panthea,  and  the  queer  amazons'  bodies.  I  suggest  that  those  plays  were  on  the  one  hand  written,  as  Goethe  wrote  to  Kleist,  "for  a  theater  that  doesn't  exist"  -  challenging  the  theater  of  the  future  to  become  a  different  space,  while  at  the  same  time  thinking  the  failure  of  performance  seriously,  as  it  exposes  something  essential  about  performativity.  This  resistance  is  not  stepping  out  of  the  theater,  but  is  rather  intimately  entangled  within  the  mechanism  of  performance,  and  can  imagine  new  theatrical  possibilities  for  theater,  metaphysics  and  the  political  space  through  their  relations  with  each  other.  This  productive  "unperformability"  seeks  to  challenge  and  re-imagine  the  possibilities  of  appearance  and  performance  in  the  theater  and  the  public  space.  Through  the  question  of  the  metaphysics  of  the  stage,  "unperformability"  works  out  how  epistemological  realms  of  appearance  dictate  the  treatment  of  foreign  and  transgressive  bodies  by  social  spaces  and  their  systems  of  meaning,  and  how  it  can  be  interrupted.
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