Періодизація і метод історії театру: маркери
Periodization and method of history of theater: markers

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to identify markers of research methods based on the analysis of periodizations suggested by the Ukrainian theater historians of the twentieth century, having analyzed the motives, which they were guided by, instead of the dates, which they relied on. Methodology: comparative analysis of Ukrainian theater history periodizations and identification of key terms in it, which serve as markers of theater research methods. Scientific novelty resides in the fact that the terms used by theater historians themselves are chosen to be the unit of the analysis of periodization principles, as an indirect marker of the research method. Conclusions: In the historiography of the Ukrainian theater, several types of periodizations are singled out as a marker of the research method: I. Publicistic: a) eponymous ("the theater before Kotlyarevsky", "the theater before Kropyvnytsky", etc.); b) canonical, aimed at creating a canon of the Ukrainian culture; c) "accumulative" (accumulation of "achievements" d) temporal accumulation of "positive features" includes periodizations on the basis of such terms as "old", "new", "newest". ІІ. Aesthetic (partially eponymous). IІІ. Cultural-historical: a) ethnocentric — the emphasis is on the inculturation of the theater and determination of its place in the national culture; b) cultural-historical with the addition of certain genre features. ІV. Problematic: identifying local historical plots and demythologization of events. The prospect of further exploration of the problem and the creation of objective periodization is to shift attention from biographies of eminent artists and their works to the features that structure the theatrical culture.

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