Personajul comic contemporan – relaţionări şi interconectări
Contemporary Comic Character – Relationships And Interconnections

Summary/Abstract: In theatre, the character is a fundamental and complex element. Its research should not be done only in terms of individuality, but also according to the systems in which it is integrated, the groups it belongs to and the relationships it is involved in. This paper identifies such groups in Romanian contemporary comedy. Specific links, that unifies the entire image of a character, are established and each of them has its importance in the text. But all these must be expressed in terms of action and of the dramatic existent scenario. There are essential relationships between dramatic characters. The first relationships to be presented and analyzed in this study are those of the family (parental ties, the couple or the love triangle - in contemporary comedies, these are often considered cliché and have as common traits: misunderstanding, lack of communication, lack of values); then there are the social ones (the rivals, master-servant /slave relationship) or those built around the idea of the sacred – presented as a form of parody. Oppositions or similarities define these groups and create a micro cosmos of some categories of characters, based especially on interconnection. Groups can be conflicting, antagonistic or, on the contrary, convergent, based on interdependence. All these determine the dramatic identity of those that create them and it is represented not only by a particular feature; therefore it leads to highlighting relationships of the entire look. This study demonstrates how such a reading grid leads to the discovery of different meanings of the plays, empowering the analyzed characters.

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