| Titre | Le théâtre folklorique russe : culture savante, culture populaire ? | |
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| Auteur | Lise Gruel-Apert | |
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Revue | Revue des Etudes Slaves |
| Numéro | vol. 72, no 1-2, 2000 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 97-117 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Russian folk theatre : erudite culture, popular culture?
It has often been denied that Russian folk theatre has any originality. On the one hand, the many influences on this theatre and the contributions to which it is indebted must be studied, and, on the other hand, this theatre has to be reset in its historical context and among the whole range of shows for festivals (both rural and urban).
All of these various influences are nonetheless integrated into a cohesive compositional scheme, which includes three main protagonists (dramatise personae) : the killer / the victim / the mediator. The killing, which is often comical (sometimes tragic), is followed by a burial (or a resurrection), which is always comical. There is a rapid succession of short scenes, and of characters to be eliminated. The language of the plays confirms this observation.
The interpretation of this basic structure suggests that the borrowed elements, whether foreign or urban (erudite culture) are integrated, assimilated and blended into the popular culture, which may here be considered either as more archaic or as dominant. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | https://www.persee.fr/doc/slave_0080-2557_2000_num_72_1_6646 |
