Remembering-forgetting. 50th March 1968 anniversary

In this thesis, the author analyses theatre performances about March 1968’s episodes, created in connection with their 50th anniversary. The author chooses two of them: “Sprawiedliwość” directed by Michał Zadara and “Kilka obcych słów po polsku” by Anna Smolar. The main reason, why the author chooses these particular performances, is that both directors are part of the second generation after March ’68. They do not have individual memory of that episodes. Because of that, it was interesting for the author, to explore how both directors explore this subject, how they create the narrative, which strategies they choose to talk about it, and what was their purpose. The author set her research in the field of memory studies and theories conducted by f.e. Aleida Assmann, Marianne Hirsch, and Pierre Nora.