The Epic and the Lyrical in Vadim Levanov’s Dramaturgy Cover Image

Эпическое и лирическое в драматургии Вадима Леванова
The Epic and the Lyrical in Vadim Levanov’s Dramaturgy

Author(s): Tatyana Zhurcheva
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Vadim Levanov; ‘new drama’; epic drama; lyrical drama; author’s position in drama

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the correlation of epic and lyrical features in the plays by Vadim Levanov, one of the most interesting authors of the newest Russian dramaturgy. Special attention is given to the plays united in a historical diptych: "The Life of the Holy Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg" and "The Most Possibly Authentic and Plausible Biography of the Bloody Lady Darya Saltykova, a Moscow Hereditary Noblewoman".

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 265-276
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian