Original scientific paper

Syncretism of the Puppet theatre

Zdenka Đerđ ; Teacher Education, University of Zagreb - Department of Petrinja

Abstract

For Luko Paljetak a theatre puppet is a special poetic expression which connects metaphors of an object, a picture and a tone – language and movement into one whole. That is the reason why Paljetak’s poems are at the same time visual events, polyphony and metaphor. They are not poetically sufficient results, but beginnings of a new set of meanings created in motion – movement, i.e. puppet animation. Paljetak’s poetry and essays on works of art have the same characteristics and he creates and uses the same procedures as when he is the director and/or writer of sketches/plays in the puppet theatre. They are: perceiving the obverse and reverse as one, a way to wholeness, the original whiteness, a polarisation of colour and non-colour, colourism, masks, collage, combining pictures and forms, ambiguities, dynamics of contact of extremes and opposites, simultaneous existence of reality and illusion, sadness and melancholy. When using the puppet theatre means of expression, Paljetak experiences, ponders about and questions the new place of man in space and time. The poetry of the theatre puppet and the puppet theatre is therefore an integral part of Paljetak’s poetry.

Keywords

character puppet animation; Paljetak L.; puppet play; stage; theatre puppet

Hrčak ID:

137848

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/137848

Publication date:

31.3.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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