Résumés
Abstract
Michel Foucault described the present epoch as being one of space. Some of his notions of space are found in his theories on heterotopias—disturbing places of segregated otherness—which Foucault adapted to describe temporal paradigms within a social framework. This study analyzes the duality of opposing temporal planes that are presented as the empirical world and the metaphysical realm, as they inform the heterotopic space within Alban Berg’s opera Lulu. The objective is to expand on the ambiguous meaning of heterotopia and to view Berg’s opera through the seminal lens of Foucauldian theory.
Keywords:
- Foucault,
- Berg,
- Lulu,
- heterotopias,
- metaphysical realm,
- social frameworks,
- otherness
Résumé
Michel Foucault a décrit l’époque actuelle comme étant une époque de l’espace. Certaines de ses notions de l’espace se retrouvent dans ses théories sur les hétérotopies — des lieux perturbants d’altérité ségréguée — que Foucault a adaptées pour décrire les paradigmes temporels au sein d’un cadre social. Cette étude analyse la dualité des plans temporels opposés qui sont présentés comme le monde empirique et le royaume métaphysique, tels qu’ils influencent l’espace hétérotopique au sein de l’opéra Lulu d’Alban Berg. L’objectif est d’approfondir la signification ambiguë de l’hétérotopie et de voir l’opéra de Berg à travers la lentille fondamentale de la théorie foucaldienne.
Mots-clés :
- Foucault,
- Berg,
- Lulu,
- hétérotopies,
- royaume métaphysique,
- cadres sociaux,
- altérité
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Biographical note
Vanja Ljubibratić specializes in the life and works of Alban Berg and Richard Wagner. He received his PhD in historical musicology from the University of Turku with his dissertation “Hans Christian Andersen and the Cultural Reception of Richard Wagner in Denmark, 1857–1875.” He is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of the Arts Helsinki where he is writing a monograph on Berg.
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