"Dada kabaretiše nad vama": popularnokazališna scena i avangardna kultura zagrebačkog međuraća

master's thesis

• Title (english): 'Dada kabaretiše nad vama': Popular Theatre and Avant-garde Culture in Interwar Zagreb
• Author: Adriana Hrvatin
• Mentor: Višnja Rogošić (mentor)
• Mentor: Jasna Galjer (mentor)
• Committee member: Višnja Kačić Rogošić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Jasna Galjer (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Nikica Gilić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Comparative literature); Zagreb
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of History of Art); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-09-17, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; History of Art; History and Theory of the Fine Arts, Architecture, Urbanism and Visual Communications
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Art Sciences; Theatrology and Dramatology

Abstract

Diplomski rad analizira popularnokazališnu scenu u kontekstu avangardne kulture zagrebačkog međuraća, s posebnim fokusom na kabarete i varijetetska kazališta te recepciju njihova djelovanja u zenitističkim, dadaističkim i antidadaističkim časopisima, kao i stilističke odjeke u poeziji, dramskim komadima i teorijskim performansima koji nastaju u okviru tih pravaca. Kako bi kontekstualizirao u kritici još uvijek nedovoljno istražen i valoriziran fenomen popularnih žanrova, oslanja se na tradiciju francuskih bulevarskih kazališta i britanskih music hallova 19. stoljeća te trasira putanju njihove preobrazbe u novi popularnokazališni oblik – kabaret. Zatim se osvrće na dva ključna modela zagrebačke kabaretne scene, pariški Le Chat Noir i weimarske hibridne kabarete, uzimajući u obzir premreženost protoavangardnog i popularnog načela u njihovom utemeljenju. Rad kulminira istraživanjem hrvatskog konteksta, interpretacijom dostupnih podataka o lokacijama i okolnostima održavanja kabaretnih programa u Zagrebu te njihove suradnje s lokalnom umjetničkom i arhitektonskom scenom. Napokon, promatra se kontradiktoran odnos zenitizma naspram dadaizma i popularnog kazališta, otkrivajući kompleksnu, generativnu vezu tih dviju sfera.

Abstract (english)

The thesis considers popular theatre in the context of Avant-garde culture during the interwar period in Zagreb by examining cabarets and variety theatres and the reception of their activity throughout Zenithist, Dadaist and Anti-Dadaist periodicals, as well as their stylistic influence on poetry, theatrical pieces and theoretical performances that were emerging as part of these movements. In order to contextualize the academically still underexamined and undervalued phenomenon of popular genres, the text delves into the tradition of nineteenth century French boulevard theatres and British music halls and traces their developmental trajectory towards a new form of popular theatre – cabaret. It then investigates two key models for the Zagreb cabaret scene, the Parisian cabaret Le Chat Noir and Weimar Republic’s hybrid cabarets, taking into account the intersecting quality of Proto-Avant-garde and popular principles present in their very foundation. This builds up to an examination of the Croatian context, by interpreting available data on locations and settings of cabaret programmes in Zagreb and the establishments’ collaboration with local painters, pioneer graphic designers, and architects. Finally, the work takes into consideration the discrepant and inconsistent attitude Yugoslavian Zenithism presented toward European (and Yugoslavian) Dadaism and popular theatre, revealing a complex, generative bond between the two domains.

• Keywords: zagrebački kabaret; popularno kazalište; zenitizam; dadaizam; međuraće
• Keywords (english): Zagreb cabaret scene; popular theatre; Zenithism; Dadaism; interwar period
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:193859
• Study programme: Title: Comparative Literature (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra komparativne književnosti (magistar/magistra komparativne književnosti)
• Study programme: Title: Art History; specializations in: Research, Teaching; Course: Research; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra povijesti umjetnosti (magistar/magistra povijesti umjetnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Created on: 2021-09-20 11:47:00