Memory or oblivion? Dealing with the present identity in relation to the ghosts of the past in Cristina Escofet’s Té de tías
In Té de tías (1985), the playwright Cristina Escofet demonstrates how an aggressor and a victim manage the afflictions caused by the ghosts of their past. The first character is a young man whose wish to perpetuate the dominant position of his antecessors and to reinstate his past through a restora...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repositorio: | Caracol (São Paulo. Online) |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/116659 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/caracol/article/view/116659 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Teatro Melancolia Nostalgia Argentina Dictadura Theatre Melancholia Dictatorship |
| Sumario: | In Té de tías (1985), the playwright Cristina Escofet demonstrates how an aggressor and a victim manage the afflictions caused by the ghosts of their past. The first character is a young man whose wish to perpetuate the dominant position of his antecessors and to reinstate his past through a restorative nostalgia leads him to self-destruction. The second is a young woman who, as a result of a productive melancholy, is able to confront those who emotionally and sexually abused her. Thus, she is able to free herself from the victim role and re-build her identity and future. Both characters lay bare the negotiations that emerge with memory and forgetfulness during and after Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983). |
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