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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780920603321

Autore

Beumers Birgit

Titolo

Performing violence [[electronic resource] ] : literary and theatrical experiments of new Russian drama / / by Birgit Beumers and Mark Lipovetsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2009

ISBN

1-282-45566-4

9786612455667

1-84150-346-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Lipovet͡skiĭM. N (Mark Naumovich)

Disciplina

891.72509

Soggetti

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)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-315).

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 1980's. 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 re