L'émancipation spectatrice dans le théâtre d'Olivier Choinière
This master’s thesis addresses three works of the Quebec playwright Olivier Choinière, Beauté intérieure, Projet blanc and Manifeste de la Jeune-Fille with the aim of highlighting the possibilities of spectator emancipation. From his very beginnings, Choinière has held a critical discourse on the theater spectator, and he consequently seeks to include and involve him in his creations. In the light of the theories of reception and especially those of Jacques Rancière in Le spectateur émancipé, this master’s thesis aims to assess the emancipatory possibilities of Choinière's work by analyzing the different means he uses to include the spectator, both formally and politically. At the heart of Rancière's theory is the spectator paradox, which refers to the various means used by contemporary playwrights to force spectator activity and which, according to him, undermine his emancipation. This dissertation will therefore analyze Choinière's work, paying particular attention to the possible reproduction of this paradox in order to establish a degree of probable spectator emancipation in the three chosen pieces.
Théâtre contemporain Spectateur émancipé Olivier Choinière Quebec theatre Contemporary theatre Reception theories Emancipated spectator