Chekhov in Brazil: the building of a presentness

Author(s)

Rodrigo Alves do Nascimento

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2013-03-22

Examining board members

Bruno Barretto Gomide; Luiz Fernando Ramos; Elena Nikolaevna Vassina

• Advisor: Bruno Barretto Gomide

Abstract

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is one of the most staged playwriters of our days both in Brazil and in most of the World. In order to understand how the importance of his dramaturgy came into being, as well as the different interpretations and updatings done by several theater groups, this study will investigate Chekhov\'s reception, with emphasis to the relation between the text and the stagings. Beginning with an analysis of his Russian reception (and the creation of what we came to call Chekhovism by the Moscow Art Theater), we will then proceed with analysis of his stagings in both Europe and the United States in order to finally approach his Brazilian reception and interpretation the main focus of this study. We hope, by the end of this inquiry, to have made clear that our intention is not only tracing an evolutionary line of the myth of Chekovism and of its dissolution, but also showing how Checkov\'s constant reinterpretations suffered (and continues to suffer) pressure from the genesis of our theater tradition and of our social, political and economic struggles. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/02592-4 - Chekhov in Brazil: theatre and translations
• Grantee: Rodrigo Alves Do Nascimento
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master