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ТЕАТР И ПОЛИТИКА В СОВЕТСКОЙ И ПОСТСОВЕТСКОЙ РОССИИ: ФОРМЫ ИНТЕРАКТИВНОГО ДИАЛОГА
THEATRE AND POLITICS IN SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET RUSSIA

Author(s): Tatiana Gennadevna Prokhorova, Vera Borisovna Shamina
Subject(s): Politics, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature, Government/Political systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: political situation; theatricalization; interactive dialogue; theatre of masses; propaganda trials; political theatre; industrial drama; teatr.doc; school of democracy;

Summary/Abstract: The paper addresses the process of theatricalization of Russian reality in different historical periods. It retraces the influence of political situation on the nature of theatrical dialogue with the audience and specifies its forms in the periods from 1917 to the 1930s and from the 1950s up to now. The authors come to the conclusion that the blurring of borders between the stage and the audience served different goals in different periods: it helped to release the internal energy of the masses at one time and became the means of its oppression at another time, but finally it led to democratization and a person’s acquisition of internal freedom.

  • Issue Year: 156/2014
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 299-312
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Russian