BIBLICAL IMAGES IN THE DIRECTORS O. KORŠUNOVAS PERFORMANCE “MARTYR”

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to detect the principles of the effect of Biblical images in the play “Kankinys” (“Martyr”) of Oskaras Korsunovas. The play mentioned (based on the play of modern German dramatist Marius von Mayenburg) was chosen as a suitable one to examine Biblical images: it reflects one of the main images of Christianity – the image of Martyr. The play analysis includes the principles of postmodernistic aesthetics applied by director O. Korsunovas. This is almost the first attempt to discuss the effect of Biblical images in Lithuanian contemporary theatre in order to mark future possibilities to work in this direction, especially relating to religious or Biblical images used in plays defined as a part of postmodernistic aesthetics