The Modern Russian Theater: A Literary and Cultural History. By Nicholas Rzhevsky. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2008. xxiv, 320 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Photographs. $79.95, hard bound.

The article examines the foolishness as one of the ways of a new representation of reality in art on the example of the director’s concept of Lev Ehrenburg. The author analyzes the performances of the Nebolshoy Drama Theater in St. Petersburg in the 1990-2010s, tracing the influence of the aesthetic paradigm of foolishness on the director’s method. On the basis of the analysis, the author examines the reflection of the typological features of foolishness in the work of Lev Ehrenburg: belonging to the purl world, the marginality of heroes, the search for a lost paradise, the desire to overcome the boundaries of one’s own “I”. The author indicates the possibilities for further in-depth study of the issue, in which the aesthetic paradigm of foolishness can be considered in connection with the concept of total theatricality of Nikolai Evreinov, the performative turn in modern theater, as well as in other director’s concepts (N. Kolyada, A. Artemov, K. Bogomolov, A. Adasinsky).

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problems of fulfilling the culture formation potential of modern russian theater

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10.24115/s2446-622020217extra-d1090p.252-259 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (Extra-D) ◽

pp. 252-259

Author(s):

Aleksandr Vladlenovich Kamenets ◽

Irina Aleksandrovna Urmina ◽

Elena Olegovna Kuznetsova ◽

Lyubov Vladimirovna Molina ◽

Galina Ivanovna Gribkova

Keyword(s):

Effective Interaction ◽

Cultural Institutions ◽

Creative Potential ◽

Formation Potential ◽

Essential Components ◽

Culture Formation ◽

Modern Russian ◽

Russian Theater

The article focuses on the essential components of the contemporary theatrical process. The problems of drama and its recessionary trends are identified. Special attention is paid to the issue of values and ideals in dramaturgical work and significance for the further activity conducted by theaters. One of the pivotal aspects in the improvement of theaters’ work identified in the article is the task of optimization of the interaction between these institutions with the audience. The authors also examine the problems of modern theater directing that matter in terms of fulfilling the cultural and creative potential of modern Russian theaters. The authors associate the prospects of further improvement of the system of establishing theaters as cultural institutions with taking advantage of the opportunities for creating a more effective interaction between theater professionals and specialists working in the sphere of education.

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The Experience of Border and its Transition in Recent Russian Theater (Grishkovets, the brothers Presnyakov, Vyrypayev)

10.31168/4465-3095-3.16 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 351-369

Author(s):

Renate Hansen-Kokoruš ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Issues ◽

Emotional Involvement ◽

New Drama ◽

Different Levels ◽

Main City ◽

Modern Russian ◽

Russian Theater

Bearing on several plays by contemporary representatives of the “New Drama,” Ivan Vyrypaev, Yevgeny Grishkovets, and the Presnyakov brothers, the essay analyzes the phenomenon of the border and its image in modern Russian drama. The texts are discussed at different levels: the meaning of the province and the center or the main city, dramatic stories, social issues, portrayal of characters, their communication and identity issues. Features of language, dramatic techniques and functions are examined under the category of the “border”. Despite the fact that each of these authors represents a special drama poetics and uses different drama registers and languages, they are united in their opposing to traditional theater: they negate the latter by confronting its simplification. The characters are shown in evolution, in overcoming various boundaries, stereotypes are sometimes ridiculed, and one of the most important tasks is the emotional involvement of the audience.

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