Why does it strike us as absurd to believe that it is raining and that one doesn’t believe that it is raining? Some argue that it strikes us as absurd because belief is normative. The beliefs that it is raining and that one doesn’t believe that it is are, it is suggested, self-falsifying. But, so it is argued, it is essential to belief that beliefs ought not, among other things, be self-falsify...

Lost in a basement, or locked up himself, man contemplates the horror of his scandalous life. The more he struggles to see, becomes ridiculous. His hatred grows inability exist as complete being. Anyone who sees Zeki Demirkubuz’s Yeraltı (Inside) would be struck by antihero character Muharrem is coupled with absurd. This socially frustrated individual seems defend irrational and absurd instead ...

theatre enjoys the highest status in social relationships and this trait arises from two characteristics: the first one is that theatre is formed at the time and place of performance. theatre is created in specific time on stage for the audience. the second one is direct presence of the audience which is the third basic element of theatre. theatre is created through direct encounter of actors a...

The assumption about the formal and semantic link between language and genre is the starting point of this study. The absurd in speech is analyzed in texts written by N. Gogol and D. Kharms, while absurd genres are tackled on the basis of the narratives of Dostoevsky, Camus and Sabato. The reality of modern times and all aspects of its artistic representations have altered the form and ideology...

The Peloponnesian war and the crisis of police system end 5th – beginning 4th century BC became historical context stage chronotope for Aristophanes’ comedies. article explores peculiarities formation modern «Lysistrata» receptions, in particular cinematography journalism. premises «Lysistrata’s phenomenon» emergence their interconnections with reinterpretation ancient heritage are examined. In...

theatre is not just bound to what happens on the stage and in front of the eyes of the spectators. the process of preparing and practicing theatre is effective in training people. in this way theatre sociologists have studied theatre from the point of view of affects on social contacts and pedagogical theorists who think that childhood is the most important period in forming people personality ...