Historiographic Appropriations in the Argentine Post-dictatorship Dramaturgy: the Raúl Dargoltz and Juan Raúl Rithner Cases

Abstract

In the context of the Argentine post-dictatorship, the dramaturgies of Patagonia and the Northwest have updated the aesthetic potential of modern historical theater, through a particular rereading of documentary theater. Thus, certain plays by Raúl Dargoltz and Juan Raúl Rithner expose specific ways of appropriating historiographic references from the north and south of the country. Despite their geographical borders, these dramaturgies show a poetic solidarity between both regions, by opting for the resignification of aesthetic procedures that, among other effects, contribute to addressing community questions about the meanings of the recent past.