CONVERSATION OF THE PLAYWRIGHT WITH THE CREATOR: “DIVINE COMEDY” BY ISIDOR SHTOCK AND THE “GENESIS 2” BY IVAN VYRYPAEV
“Genesis 2” by Ivan Vyrypayev reflects the epoch of early formation of Russian capitalism in the country deprived of not only religions and beliefs, but also of official ideology. “Divine comedy” represents harmless intellectual show, Soviet “Decameron”, a medicine for boredom. In “Genesis 2” the author places characters in Dante’s Hell converted in а psychiatric clinic where “the tragedy of sense” is being played.
Keywords: philosophy of boredom, Soviet Decameron, the tragedy of sense.
Issue: 7, 2011
Series of issue: Issue 7
Rubric: Comic Issues in Authors Models of Creativity
Pages: 165 — 169
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