The role of national theatrical-critical thought in the process of the constitutioning the Ukrainian music and drama theatre in the late XIX – beginning of the XX centuries

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https://doi.org/10.32461/2226-2180.41.2022.263204

Abstract

The article reveals the role of theatrical-critical thought in the process of constituting the Ukrainian music and drama theatre in the multicultural time space of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires in the late XIX – beginning of the XX centuries. The research methodology consists in the application of historical-cultural, analytical, systematic, art-scientific methods, which provide an opportunity to analyze the ideological and aesthetic content of theatrical-critical activity, to explore the genre specifics of its formation in the context of nation-building. The scientific novelty of the work is to reveal the social-communicative, artistic-aesthetic, educational role of national theatrical-critical thought in the process of constituting national and artistic-aesthetic features of Ukrainian music and drama theatre in the sociosphere of the time. Conclusions. The theatrical-critical activity of outstanding theatrical artists, leading theatrical critics was aimed at creating a single national theatrical space, popularization of the cultural and historical heritage of Ukraine. National theatrical-critical thought performing socio-communicative, artistic and aesthetic, educational role formed the ideological and spiritual priorities of the Ukrainian community, promoted ethnocultural authenticity, cultural and historical traditions and had an influence on the process of constituting national and artistic features of Ukrainian music and drama theatre in the sociosphere of the time.

Keywords: Ukrainian music and drama theatre, nation-building, sociosphere, traditions, theatrical-critical thought, repertoire. 

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2022-08-26

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Сценічне мистецтво