Seminar„The Mysteries of Europe“, Guadalajara, Spain, June 14 – 17, 2012.

Abstract

Critical analysis of current state of contemporary European public storytelling and its specific forms, interpreted as postmodern cultural expression which uses textual sources not only from folk, but also popular and artificial culture, with special emphasis on context of the most important European storytelling festival and parallel seminar organized in Spanish Guadalajara.

Keywords

• contemporary storytelling
• stage storytelling
• postmodern storytelling
• storytelling marathon
• folklore