W stronę domu. Metamorfozy Apulejusza z Madaury w perspektywie ekologii teatru Włodzimierza Staniewskiego

Abstract

The article offers the reading of the ancient novel Metamorphoses, otherwise known as The Golden Ass by Apuleius. It relies on the theoretical frame of theater ecology (or oikology), which is the artistic concept initiated and practiced by Włodzimierz Staniewski at the Academy for Theater Practices “Gardzienice”. The nomadic and ecocentric aspects of this perspective indicate its similarities with geopoetics. The geographical space, nature and spirituality intertwine as the protagonist, who turns into a donkey and is introduced to the cult of the goddess Isis, sets on a journey in the search of οἶκος (home).