Description

• Title:
  Somewhere between Malmö and Copenhagen: Inter-spaces in Marius Ivaškevičius’ play Close City
• Creator:
  Räthel, Clemens
• Description:
  In the drama Close City, first published in 2005, Lithuanian playwright Marius Ivaškevičius focuses on the (im)possible connections between Malmö and Copenhagen. The initially realistic setting of a failing marriage in the spirit of August Strindberg and Ingmar Bergman evolves gradually into an absurd spectacle that explores spatial and intertextual interstices. This article investigates how the drama, as a scenic kaleidoscope, elaborates on the influence of imagined geographies in the Baltic Sea region, discusses (gendered) power relations, and questions Scandinavian exceptionalism.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Clemens Räthel;
  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
• Date:
  2023.12.29
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Articles
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Folia Scandinavica Posnaniensia; Vol. 34 (2023): Special Issue: New Geographies of Scandinavian Studies; 108-120;
  Folia Scandinavica Posnaniensia; Tom 34 (2023): Special Issue: New Geographies of Scandinavian Studies; 108-120;
  2299-6885;
  1230-4786
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/fsp/article/view/42162/35406
• Subject:
  theatre;
  intertextuality;
  thirdspace;
  (re-)imagining Scandinavia;
  Lithuanian literature
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/fsp/article/view/42162
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text