scholarly journals Perspectives on the ‘Balcans’ in popular works of German culture - perception and stereotypes between exotism and prejudice

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexa Mathias
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Nossett
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Author(s):  
Erika Fischer-Lichte

The book concludes with an epilogue entitled ‘The Return of Dionysus. From Festive Performances to Global Spectacle’. It very briefly retraces the exchange of productions of Greek tragedies between Germany and other countries and ends with the role played by productions of Greek tragedies today, at German as well as international theatre festivals, thus linking them back to the most important festival in ancient Athens, the Great Dionysia. After explaining how such festivals in Germany reassert the central position held by theatre in German culture, the epilogue ends with a short discussion of Jan Fabre’s twenty-four-hour performance Mount Olympus—to Glorify the Cult of Tragedy (Berliner Festspiele, June 2015) as an allegory of and a reflection on Greek tragedy’s endurance on the German stage.


2021 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-263
Author(s):  
Simone Pfleger
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