Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: The Mystery of the “Finest Hour” of Russian Theatre (Theatre Art as a Way of Constructing Russian Cultural Identity)

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Mystery of the “Finest Hour” of Russian Theatre (Theatre Art as a Way of Constructing Russian Cultural Identity)

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Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2018 11 (8)
Authors: Gavrilova, Liudmila V.; Karlova, Olga A.
Contact information: Gavrilova, Liudmila V.: Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Art 22 Lenin Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia; ; Karlova, Olga A.: Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia;
Keywords: Russian theatre; drama; theatricality; people’s nature of play; agon; commedia dell’arte; dialogism of culture; director’s theatre; post-drama theatre
Abstract: The article presents the results of theatre art research in the context of constructing Russian cultural identity. Theatre art is considered in historical dynamics; the research analyses the main milestones in the development of the national style of the theatre. Special attention is paid to the phenomenon of mysterious success of Russian theatre at the end of the 19th – early 20th century, in the period of “European theatre depression”. The article reveals the origins of “Russian theatre” as such, its similarities and differences from the Western and Oriental theatres, and the scenarios of its further destiny. The history of Russian theatre art leads the authors to the conclusion on the essence of transformation of the contemporary theatre in Russia and in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krai). The authors consider current discussions on the phenomenon of the “death” of drama text. The authors arrive at the conclusion that the text ceases to be the “heart” and the “lord” of the theatre, transforming into one layer, a material, an element of the total theatre production. The new theatre text distinguishes between the levels of the drama text as such, the play text based on non-verbal components and the performance level. The latter is the dominating one; an actor is not a performer of a certain role anymore, but a provoking performer, laying his being on the stage open to the audience
Pages: 1243-1261
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/71916

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