POETICS OF THE EARLY COMEDY SCRIPTS BY NIKOLAI ERDMAN

Kovalova Anna Olegovna

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N. R. Erdman’s early comedy scripts are analyzed in the context of his works of the 1920s. Erdman’s early screenwriting as well as his plays was based upon contemporary social problems. Later on Erdman began to avoid depicting present-day reality and creating pure comedies. However, his late scripts don’t only contain comic and satirical elements, they are truly based upon them – as well as “The Warrant”, “The Suicide” and Erdman’s early scripts are.

Keywords: Erdman, scripts, film comedy, Mariengof, Mass

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Issue: 7, 2011

Series of issue: Issue 7

Rubric: Creative Strategies of H. Erdman's Activity

Pages: 34 — 40

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