THE MOTIVE “LEARNER-TEACHER” IN THE PLAY BY E.L. SHVARTS“A STORY OF A YOUNG COUPLE”
The article is devoted to the one of the last plays by E. L. Shvarts “A Story of a Young Couple”). It is devoted to the problem of mutual understanding of loving people, their readiness to build relationship in a family and accept a compromise. The motive “learner-teacher” plays an essential role in the logic of the play. This motive is developing during the act of the play and is linking plotlines of different characters. This motive is shown on several levels: verbal, situational and on the level of the system of characters. The author of the article has tried to analyse the semantic spectrum of the motive. In the post-war time the loss of kin relations is filled up with family creation that is with clan creation. It distinguishes the work of E. L. Shvarts from the Soviet literature representing a family as the state. An important psychological, social and ontological role is played in this case by “teachers” who are keepers and propagators of life values. The followers are represented by people of young generation who have already created families or who are on the way toward it. The teachers are people of older generation (tutors, fellow workers, casual acquaintances and also come to life toys, the appearance of which attaches fabulousness to the play.
Keywords: drama, motive, act, dramaturgy of Shvarts, literature of XX century
References:
1. Rusanova O. N. The model of the family in the Shvarts’ play “A story of a young couple”. TSPU Bulletin, 2013, № 2 (130), pp. 35–41 (in Russian).
2. Shvarts E. A story of a young couple. Collection of works in one volume. Moscow, Alfa-kniga Publ., 2011. Pp. 591–650 (in Russian).
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Issue: 11, 2014
Series of issue: Issue 11
Rubric: HISTORICAL POTENTIALS AND MANIFESTATIONS OF CONVENTIONALITY
Pages: 78 — 82
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