The transgressive capacity of the comic: A merry death as an embodiment of Nikolai Evreinov’s vision of theatricality

Alexandra Smith

doi:10.5699/modelangrevi.113.3.0583

The transgressive capacity of the comic: A merry death as an embodiment of Nikolai Evreinov’s vision of theatricality

Alexandra Smith

School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

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Abstract

The articles analyses Evreinov's play A Merry Death as a perfect illustration of Evreinov's ideas about theatricality. The play is discussed in the context of Russian and European modernist developments that influenced the concept of the comic in the 1910s-1920s.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	583-609
Number of pages	26
Journal	Modern Language Review
Volume	113
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.113.3.0583
Publication status	Published - 2 Jul 2018

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modernist drama
comedy
Evreinov
Russian theatre

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