The interaction of verbal and non-verbal elements in Eugene Grishkovets’ solo performances as a way to overcome the postmodern tradition

The article analyzes the interaction of verbal and non-verbal elements in Grishkovets’ solo performances. material for analysis is official video recordings Performances by Grishkovets play texts he published afterwards are interconnected but different works — with differing content, motif systems, differently placed semantic accents. It (spatial movements, gestures, props decorations, etc.) that uses to boundaries between fictional world external reality, involve viewers what happening give them an opportunity relate narrator. One most important motifs drama issue unreliability or insufficiency human speech. seems it no coincidence one can find many features postmodernism (playful intertextuality, unreliable narrator, blurring narrative instances, text etc.). However, author only pretends be guided postmodern tradition order to, after verbally emphasizing problematic nature communication people (due language), establish narrator audience using primarily means. Such a complexly built elements, literary theatrical principles allows outline overcome main problem culture problem.