Awakening the Political Body: Affective Strategies in Ivo van Hove’s A View from the Bridge

• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: Haeri Park
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』제157호, 215~240쪽, 전체 26쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.06.30

국문 초록

Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge(1955) reimagines classical tragedy through the moral turmoil of ordinary lives, situating desire, law, and betrayal within the social dynamics of postwar Brooklyn. While traditional productions have relied on psychological realism to elicit Aristotelian catharsis, Ivo van Hove’s 2014 revival radically disrupts this model. Rejecting naturalistic staging and narrative resolution, his minimalist and physically immersive approach provokes affective rupture and political reflection. Drawing on affect theory—particularly the works of Sara Ahmed, Sianne Ngai, and Erin Hurley—, this paper argues that van Hove reconfigures tragedy as a site of affective confrontation, in which bodily unease and sensory tension expose the ideological structures embedded in Miller’s text. Rather than reinforcing emotional identification, the production implicates spectators as embodied participants, prompting them to recognise how personal conflicts are entangled with broader systems of patriarchy, sexuality, immigration, and moral complicity. In doing so, van Hove transforms affect from a vehicle of catharsis into a mode of political awakening.

목차

1. Introduction

2. From Catharsis to Critical Consciousness: Rethinking Tragedy through Affect

3. Framing Desire and Affective Estrangement: The Role of Alfieri

4. Affect as Critical Encounter: Immersive Tension and Affective Rupture

5. Conclusion

Works Cited

키워드

Ivo van Hove A View from the Bridge Affective Theatre Political Spectatorship Tragedy and Catharsis