A symbolic farewell to the “Russian world” in the virtual drama anthology “Without Them”

Бондарева, Олена Євгенівна (2025) A symbolic farewell to the “Russian world” in the virtual drama anthology “Without Them” Синопсис: текст, контекст, медіа, 31 (1). pp. 27-32. ISSN 2311-259X

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Abstract

Today, the Dramaturgs Theater actively positions itself as a pro-Ukrainian creative theater and playwright center. The article analyzes the playwright's anthology anthology “Without Them”, which was made publicly available on the UKRDRAMACHUB resource in late 2022 and early 2023: the authors of the playwrights' texts contained in it are the co-founders of the Dramaturgs Theater. We draw attention to the way playwrights who, even after 2014, collaborated with Russian theater and drama projects, are trying to define their own Ukrainian self-identification and critically rethink their experience of contact with Russians against the backdrop of full-scale Russian aggression. For this purpose, dramaturgical means are used to create a mental picture of the space in which Russians are assigned a place on the deep periphery of the civilized world: a specific matrix of cultural codes is used for this purpose, numerous crimes committed by Russians against Ukrainians both in the first year of full-scale aggression and in historical retrospect are recorded, and their own renunciation of the “Russian world” is deliberately and publicly emphasized. An analysis of this corpus of texts proves that demonstrative “anti-Russianness,” called to life by external circumstances and social conjuncture, does not always automatically develop into “Ukrainianness,” since the authors themselves are fluent in the Russian cultural field and know much less about the similar Ukrainian one. Nevertheless, the attempt of this creative center to finally accept Ukrainian civic self-identification and break with the idea of a common cultural space with Russians should be welcomed, and we expect the theater to overcome contextual gaps with Ukrainian culture as quickly as possible.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	drama; war; anti-Russian position; public actions; drama almanac; postcolonial discourse
Subjects:	Статті у базах даних > Erih Plus Статті у базах даних > Index Copernicus Статті у періодичних виданнях > Фахові (входять до переліку фахових, затверджений МОН)
Divisions:	Факультет української філології, культури і мистецтва > Кафедра української літератури, компаративістики і грінченкознавства
Depositing User:	Олена Бондарева Бондарева
Date Deposited:	20 Jun 2025 08:02
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2025 08:02
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/52148

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