Teatr śmierci. O widowiskowo-teatralnym charakterze polowań zbiorowych

The article of Sara Kruszona entitled The Theater of Death treats the spectacular-theatrical character of collective hunts. The author puts forward the thesis that these hunts can be read as a form of a spectacle. The starting point for consideration was the article Customs and hunting ceremonies in...

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Main Author: Sara Kruszona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Silesia Press 2018-12-01
Series:Zoophilologica
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Online Access:https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ZOOPHILOLOGICA/article/view/7544
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description The article of Sara Kruszona entitled The Theater of Death treats the spectacular-theatrical character of collective hunts. The author puts forward the thesis that these hunts can be read as a form of a spectacle. The starting point for consideration was the article Customs and hunting ceremonies in collective hunts, derived from the website of the Hunting Signals Group, “Hagard”. This text is a kind of a scenario of hunting ceremonies taking place during collective hunts. By quoting its fragments in his text on the Theater of Death, the author proves the thesis about the pageantry of hunting rituals. Events which take place during hunting, their organization and arrangement, whose important aspects include tradition and ritual character, interpreted as a kind of spectacle. It was similar to the ancient venatio. The author also refers to the ancient roots of performances with the participation of hunters, i.e. venatio, described by Miroslaw Kocur in his book entitled The Roots of the Theater. A particularly important argument for the possibility of considering hunting as a form of a show is the hunters’ awareness of role–playing and audience presence. This can be understood by guests invited to the hunt as well as opponents of hunting, or as a community focused on their activity and ready to criticize it. The awareness of the presence of spectators determines the obvious awareness of playing whether the hunters perform a specific social function in the spectacle called hunting. The finale of this performance, played according to a strictly defined scenario and with strictly assigned roles, is pokot. The author draws attention to the fact that the system of animal bodies and all activities related to them resemble a specific form of a spectacle – anatomical theater.
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spelling doaj.art-f610b4c24fb348e6b2a3db7ab6da66f02022-12-21T21:19:43ZengUniversity of Silesia PressZoophilologica2719-26872451-38492018-12-0142592707544Teatr śmierci. O widowiskowo-teatralnym charakterze polowań zbiorowychSara Kruszona0Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w PoznaniuThe article of Sara Kruszona entitled The Theater of Death treats the spectacular-theatrical character of collective hunts. The author puts forward the thesis that these hunts can be read as a form of a spectacle. The starting point for consideration was the article Customs and hunting ceremonies in collective hunts, derived from the website of the Hunting Signals Group, “Hagard”. This text is a kind of a scenario of hunting ceremonies taking place during collective hunts. By quoting its fragments in his text on the Theater of Death, the author proves the thesis about the pageantry of hunting rituals. Events which take place during hunting, their organization and arrangement, whose important aspects include tradition and ritual character, interpreted as a kind of spectacle. It was similar to the ancient venatio. The author also refers to the ancient roots of performances with the participation of hunters, i.e. venatio, described by Miroslaw Kocur in his book entitled The Roots of the Theater. A particularly important argument for the possibility of considering hunting as a form of a show is the hunters’ awareness of role–playing and audience presence. This can be understood by guests invited to the hunt as well as opponents of hunting, or as a community focused on their activity and ready to criticize it. The awareness of the presence of spectators determines the obvious awareness of playing whether the hunters perform a specific social function in the spectacle called hunting. The finale of this performance, played according to a strictly defined scenario and with strictly assigned roles, is pokot. The author draws attention to the fact that the system of animal bodies and all activities related to them resemble a specific form of a spectacle – anatomical theater.https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ZOOPHILOLOGICA/article/view/7544spectacletheaterhuntinghuntersanimals
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Teatr śmierci. O widowiskowo-teatralnym charakterze polowań zbiorowych
Zoophilologica
spectacle
theater
hunting
hunters
animals
title Teatr śmierci. O widowiskowo-teatralnym charakterze polowań zbiorowych
title_full Teatr śmierci. O widowiskowo-teatralnym charakterze polowań zbiorowych
title_fullStr Teatr śmierci. O widowiskowo-teatralnym charakterze polowań zbiorowych
title_full_unstemmed Teatr śmierci. O widowiskowo-teatralnym charakterze polowań zbiorowych
title_short Teatr śmierci. O widowiskowo-teatralnym charakterze polowań zbiorowych
title_sort teatr smierci o widowiskowo teatralnym charakterze polowan zbiorowych
topic spectacle
theater
hunting
hunters
animals
url https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ZOOPHILOLOGICA/article/view/7544
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