ATMOSPHERE IN DRAMATIC TEXT AND THEATRICAL DISCOURSE
ATMOSPHERE IN DRAMATIC TEXT AND THEATRICAL DISCOURSE

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the concept of atmosphere as an aesthetic category and the ways it is artistically realized in both the dramatic text and the theatrical performance are discussed. In each of these artistic forms, the subject and space-time, as well as the discursive and rhythmic-melodic organization of the action, represent the main aspects in creating atmosphere.In the dramaturgical text, the relationship between literariness and theatricality, dialogue as a mode of subjective exposition, and stage directions as the author’s presence are essential. When reading a dramatic text, the “beginning effect” plays a crucial role in perceiving the atmosphere of the artistic imaginary. Analyzing the specifics of dramatic language—its expressiveness generated phonetically, lexically, and melodically—and examining how space-time is constructed in the text are the first steps in the receiver’s immersion into the atmosphere of the action.In theatrical discourse, understood as a syncretic art form, atmosphere requires a more complex realization. We refer in particular to the views of M. Chekhov, director and actor, for whom atmosphere constitutes the “action, process, energy” that the performance emanates.

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