Thesis (MDram (Drama))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is aimed at establishing what personal catharsis is, specifically defining what
it is and under what conditions it may occur. During the creation and execution of an
autobiographical solo, I had gone through a process of attaining what has since been
labelled personal catharsis and recognition of the other, which gave arise to me finding
confidence and discovering my creative voice of identity. However, it was not known
when or how these processes took place. In addition I was not certain exactly what
personal catharsis was in the context of me and my identity. An investigate was also
needed into the possibility of generalising personal catharsis as a process that could
guide people towards gaining confidence and finding their creative voice of identity.
In this thesis, the process of the creation of the autobiographical solo is deconstructed.
In doing so the journey of the discovery of the other is highlighted and the role of
recognition between the inner expressive form and the external expressive form.
Through the means of a source study the concepts of behaviour and the other in
reference to identity construction and performance of everyday self are discussed.
Then personal catharsis is explored in comparison to the traditional use of the term.
Using performance-based research methodologies in conjunction with a questionnaire,
a 12-week series of workshops was held to explore the generalisation of personal
catharsis and the issues that arose during the study. The workshops were aimed at
investigating the possibility of creating a process to attain personal catharsis.
It was found that personal catharsis is a subjective process that takes place through the
recognition of the external expressive form. It is through this recognition that the
dislocation of self can be reconnected and the other can become more transparent to
the internal expressive form. This process is readily attained through the exploration of
the character of self. However, although new behaviour can result from personal catharsis, the individual needs to choose the internal expressive form as the dominant
part in expressive behaviour. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie is om te bepaal en te beskryf wat presies persoonlike
katarsis is en hoe dit as proses verloop. Tydens die skepping en uitvoering van ʼn
outobiografiese solo het ek die bereiking van persoonlike katarsis – soos ek dit
sedertdien gedoop het – en herkenning van die ander beleef. Dit het daartoe gelei dat
ek selfvertroue en die skeppende stem van my identiteit gevind het. Tog het ek nie
besef wanneer of hoe hierdie prosesse plaasgevind het nie. Daarby was ek nie seker
wat presies persoonlike katarsis in die konteks van my wese en identiteit was nie. Ek
wou ook die moontlikheid ondersoek om persoonlike katarsis as proses te veralgemeen
sodat dit mense daartoe kon lei om selfvertroue en die skeppende stem van hul
identiteit te vind.
In hierdie tesis dekonstrueer ek die skepping van die outobiografiese solo as proses.
Daardeur werp ek lig op die ontdekkingsreis na die ander en die rol wat herkenning
tussen die interne ekspressiewe vorm en die eksterne ekspressiewe vorm speel. Die
begrippe gedrag en die ander in verhouding tot die konstruksie van identiteit en die
uitvoering van die alledaagse self word deur middel van ʼn literatuurstudie bespreek.
Daarná word persoonlike katarsis in vergelyking met die tradisionele gebruik van die
term ondersoek. Tydens ʼn 12 weke lange werkswinkel is performance-gebaseerde
navorsingsmetodologieë tesame met ʼn vraelys gebruik om die veralgemening van
persoonlike katarsis en die kwessies wat tydens die studie na vore gekom het, te
verken. Die werkswinkels was daarop gemik om die moontlikheid van die skepping van
ʼn proses om persoonlike katarsis te bereik, te ondersoek.
Daar is gevind dat persoonlike katarsis ʼn subjektiewe proses is wat deur middel van die
herkenning van die eksterne ekspressiewe vorm plaasvind. Deur middel van hierdie
herkenning kan die ontwrigting van die self herstel word en kan die ander deursigtiger vir die interne ekspressiewe vorm word. Hierdie proses word maklik deur verkenning
van die karakter van die self behaal. Alhoewel persoonlike katarsis nuwe gedrag tot
gevolg kan hê, moet die individu egter die interne ekspressiewe vorm as die dominante
deel in ekspressiewe gedrag kies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/4115 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Muller, Teresa |
| Contributors | Du Preez, Petrus, Pienaar, Samantha, University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Drama. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 178 p. : ill. |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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