Performing Violence : Literary and Theatrical Experiments of New Russian Drama.

By: Beumers, BirgitContributor(s): Lipovetsky, MarkMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol : Intellect Books Ltd, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (322 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781841503462Subject(s): Russian drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Russian drama -- 21st century -- History and criticism | Violence in literature | Violence in motion pictures | Violence in the theater -- Russia (Federation)Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Performing Violence : Literary and Theatrical Experiments of New Russian DramaDDC classification: 891.72 LOC classification: PN2724 -- .B48 2009ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Front Cover -- Preliminary Pages -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Contours and Contexts of New Drama -- Part I: The Context -- Chapter 1: Violence in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture -- Chapter 2: The Precursors of New Drama -- Chapter 3: Theatre in the Ruins of Language -- Part II: Text and Performance -- Chapter 4: Communicating through Violence: Kurochkin, Koliada, Sigarev, Klavdiev -- Chapter 5: Evgenii Grishkovets and Trauma -- Chapter 6: Documentary Theatre -- Chapter 7: Ivan Vyrypaev and the Abject -- Chapter 8: The Presniakovs and Performing Violence -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Back Cover.
Summary: New Russian Drama began its rise at the end of the twentieth century, following a decline in dramatic writing in Russia that stemmed back to the 1980s. Authors Beumers and Lipovetsky examine the representation of violence in these new dramatic works penned by young Russian playwrights. Performing Violence is the first English-language study of the consequent boom in drama and why this new breed of authors were writing fierce plays, whilst previous generations had preferred poetry and prose. Since 1999 numerous festivals of new Russian drama have taken place, which have brought international recognition to such playwrights as the Presnyakov brothers, Evgeni Grishkovets and Vasili Sigarev. At the same time, young stage directors and new theatres also emerged. New Russian Drama is therefore one of a few artistic and cultural phenomena shaped entirely in the post-Soviet period and this book investigates the violent portrayal of identity crisis of the generation as represented by theatre. Reflecting the disappointment in Yeltsin's democratic reforms and Putin's neo-conservative politics, the focus is on political and social representations of violence, its performances and justifications. Performing Violence seeks a vantage point for the analysis of brutality in post-Soviet culture. It is a key text for students of theatre, drama, Russian studies, culture and literature.
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Front Cover -- Preliminary Pages -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Contours and Contexts of New Drama -- Part I: The Context -- Chapter 1: Violence in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture -- Chapter 2: The Precursors of New Drama -- Chapter 3: Theatre in the Ruins of Language -- Part II: Text and Performance -- Chapter 4: Communicating through Violence: Kurochkin, Koliada, Sigarev, Klavdiev -- Chapter 5: Evgenii Grishkovets and Trauma -- Chapter 6: Documentary Theatre -- Chapter 7: Ivan Vyrypaev and the Abject -- Chapter 8: The Presniakovs and Performing Violence -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Back Cover.

New Russian Drama began its rise at the end of the twentieth century, following a decline in dramatic writing in Russia that stemmed back to the 1980s. Authors Beumers and Lipovetsky examine the representation of violence in these new dramatic works penned by young Russian playwrights. Performing Violence is the first English-language study of the consequent boom in drama and why this new breed of authors were writing fierce plays, whilst previous generations had preferred poetry and prose. Since 1999 numerous festivals of new Russian drama have taken place, which have brought international recognition to such playwrights as the Presnyakov brothers, Evgeni Grishkovets and Vasili Sigarev. At the same time, young stage directors and new theatres also emerged. New Russian Drama is therefore one of a few artistic and cultural phenomena shaped entirely in the post-Soviet period and this book investigates the violent portrayal of identity crisis of the generation as represented by theatre. Reflecting the disappointment in Yeltsin's democratic reforms and Putin's neo-conservative politics, the focus is on political and social representations of violence, its performances and justifications. Performing Violence seeks a vantage point for the analysis of brutality in post-Soviet culture. It is a key text for students of theatre, drama, Russian studies, culture and literature.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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