Session Details

Friday, 28 December

251. Dreaming the Life of the Nation: The Monumental Vision of Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869–1907)

12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., Parlor E, Sheraton Chicago

Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Slavic Literatures and Cultures

Presiding: Jessie M. Labov, Stanford Univ.

1. “Stanislaw Wyspianski and William Butler Yeats: In Search of a Modernist National Theater,” Justyna Braun, Franciscan Univ. of Steubenville

2. “Universal Affinity and Local Symbolism: Pairing Wyspianski and Synge,” John Merchant, Univ. of Chicago

3. “Apollo-Christ at the Polish Acropolis: A Metatheatrical Moment of Incarnation,” Colleen McQuillen, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago

4. “After Wyspianski: The Text and Content of Grotowski’s Akropolis,” Magda Romanska, Emerson Coll.

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