Sergejs Polanskis
Daugavpils University, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty Member
The twentieth century has brought not only the unprecedented technical revolution which completely changed the world over some hundred years, but also claimed for another revolution, the artistic one, in order to overturn the traditions... more
The twentieth century has brought not only the unprecedented technical revolution
which completely changed the world over some hundred years, but also claimed for
another revolution, the artistic one, in order to overturn the traditions in visual arts,
literature, theatre and create new forms and techniques. For Europe Paris became the centre of such innovations as Symbolism, Dada, Surrealism, Theatre of the Absurd, Panic, etc. These phenomena considerably contributed to the transformation of art in its postmodern evolution. Among other significant concepts Pataphysics is less discovered yet it may be considered as a cradle of Surrealism, Dada, Absurd and Panic, furthermore the Collège de 'Pataphysique is still active nowadays. Alfred Jarry first used the term Pataphysique in his plays about King Ubu, but fundamentally evealed this concept in the novel “Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll, ataphysicien” (1898). This book is regarded as the Bible for the Collège de Pataphysique which actually functions in several countries, including Lithuania, where Institutum Pataphysicum Vilniense was inaugurated in 2013. A French writer of Spanish origin Fernando Arrabal – Satrap of the Collège de 'Pataphysique, at present holds the right to award the chosen artists with the Order of the Grande Gidouille. This paper examines the influence of Jarry’s Pataphysics to the French literature of avant-garde and in particular to one of its representatives Fernando Arrabal.
which completely changed the world over some hundred years, but also claimed for
another revolution, the artistic one, in order to overturn the traditions in visual arts,
literature, theatre and create new forms and techniques. For Europe Paris became the centre of such innovations as Symbolism, Dada, Surrealism, Theatre of the Absurd, Panic, etc. These phenomena considerably contributed to the transformation of art in its postmodern evolution. Among other significant concepts Pataphysics is less discovered yet it may be considered as a cradle of Surrealism, Dada, Absurd and Panic, furthermore the Collège de 'Pataphysique is still active nowadays. Alfred Jarry first used the term Pataphysique in his plays about King Ubu, but fundamentally evealed this concept in the novel “Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll, ataphysicien” (1898). This book is regarded as the Bible for the Collège de Pataphysique which actually functions in several countries, including Lithuania, where Institutum Pataphysicum Vilniense was inaugurated in 2013. A French writer of Spanish origin Fernando Arrabal – Satrap of the Collège de 'Pataphysique, at present holds the right to award the chosen artists with the Order of the Grande Gidouille. This paper examines the influence of Jarry’s Pataphysics to the French literature of avant-garde and in particular to one of its representatives Fernando Arrabal.
