On The Borders Of Everydayness: The Thematic Motif Of Migration And Expatriation In Dramaturgy As An Indicator Of Social Attitudes

• Panagiota Sotirchou ^[1]
  1. [1] Aristotelian University
• Localización: De fronteres i arts escèniques / coord. por Núria Santamaria, Francesc Foguet i Boreu, 2015, ISBN 978-84-943779-0-7, págs. 197-204
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The present paper starts by examining the notion of everydayness and its “invisible” ideologies by presenting the work of some key thinkers who focused on it. What is suggested here is that the basic border a migrant or refugee has to face or cross is to be found in the everyday life he/she shares with the natives. Consequently, the thematic motif of migration and expatriation in a most “public” art, as theatre, can be a, relatively, valid indicator of social attitudes. The paper centers on the analysis of some indicative recent Greek plays, dramatizing the transformation of Greece in a host country formigrants and refugees. The picture resulting from the analysis is one of an ongoing process of integration. Old notions and beliefs are contested, some of which had created a negative attitude towards newcomers. Migrants and natives are exploring the changesoccurring in their lives because of their shared everydayness. However, there is no suggestion for what could lead to a functional coexistence of these two groups of people and the assimilation of the newcomers seems to be the desired choice. Historians have arguedthat the change in Greek society because of the immigration flows after the 1990s cannot be defined yet. Modern Greek dramaturgy has managed to capture the general incertitude regarding the new migrants and this is reflected in their debatable position in theeveryday universe of some well known recent Greek dramas