# Twentieth-Century Models of the Theatrical Work - Hardcover

by **Krzysztof Pleśniarowicz** (Author), **William Brand** (Translator)

The book offers the reader a clear model of reflection on a work of theater art, it is a summary of 20th century knowledge on this subject, a specific synthesis of the consequences and achievements of contemporary theatrical autonomism. Krzysztof Pleśniarowicz defines an antinomy that fits exclusively within the framework of a theatrical work: illusion/disillusion - instead of an opposition that is now generally obsolete: between a literary work (drama) and an unliterary theatrical work (spectacle).

### Author Biography

**Prof. Krzysztof Pleśniarowicz, PhD** - Jagiellonian University professor, Head of Department of Contemporary Culture JU, Director of the Cricoteka Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor in Cracow (1994-2000). His publications include: _The Theatre of Un-Human Forms_ (in Polish, 1994, 2023), _Eastern Drama of the Absurd in the Twilight of the Soviet Block_ (in Polish, 1994, 2021; in English 2023), _The Dead Memory Machine. Tadeusz Kantor's Theatre of Death (in Polish, 1990; in English, 1994, 2004; in Hungarian 2007), critical editions of Tadeusz Kantor's writings (in Polish, 2000, 2005; in Romanian 2014)._

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN

**Publication Date:** October 29, 2024

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