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LABIRYNTY WSPÓŁCZESNYCH TEORII DRAMATU
THE LABYRINTHS OF CONTEMPORARY DRAMA THEORIES

Author(s): Tatiana Stepnowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: drama; comedy; tragedy; stand-up

Summary/Abstract: The review article presents an assessment of the collective monograph New Theoretical Terms for Understanding Drama. Slavic Perspectives (Natalia Maliutina and Jarosław Ławski (Eds), Białystok – Odessa 2014) on contemporary European drama. The authors involved are Polish, Russian and Ukrainian scholars who elaborate on the present-day development of traditional drama species (comedy, tragedy, ‘comédie en vandeville’) as well as the new ones (stand-up). The book is a significant contribution to the academic domains of drama, theatre and literary theory. The neatly published work also contains biographical notes of the articles’ authors and interesting theatre photographs.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 123-128
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish
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