Satira e sentimento nazionale nella commedia russa del primo Ottocento: Šachovskoj, Zagoskin, Chmel’nickij
Satire and National Sentiment in Early Nineteenth-Century Russian Comedy: Shakhovsky, Zagoshkin, Khmelnitsky

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines Russian satirical comedy in the first three decades of the nineteenth century, focusing on the role of A. Shakhovskoy, M. Zagoskin, and N. Chmel’nitsky. Although traditionally relegated to the status of minor authors, they were in fact central figures in a prolific theatrical season that enjoyed wide popularity among audiences. While drawing on French models, their comedies gradually “russified” plots, characters, and situations, thereby contributing to the shaping of a national dramaturgical identity and laying the groundwork for the subsequent development of nineteenth-century Russian theatre.

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