COULD THEATRE CRITICISM BE �POST-DRAMATIC�?
(a deliberately provocative view-point on the role of definitions) - Kalina Stefanova, Ph.D. (Bulgaria)
Kalina Stefanova, Ph.D. I fully understand the vast majority of theatre-makers who want to free themselves from
critical definitions. The most obvious reason they have is that definitions are generally
constricting�they simply �feel tight�. What�s more, definitions can be like uniforms�and
how could we expect that a great director, for instance, would settle for being simply, say, �a
post-modernist�, when there are so many others labeled in the same way?! Then,
definitions�especially when they consist of one or two words�tend to be quite flat, that is,
strikingly incongruous with the three-dimensional nature of theatre.
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