Intertextuality and intermediality of modern drama-parable (based on play “The academy of laugh” by Koki Mitany)

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of finding the manifestations of intertextual reminisces in theEnglish drama of the Renaissance in the context of contemporary drama-parable consideration. In the process of analysing the play, the author draws attention to the context of intermedial connections of literature with theatrical art, considers the implementation of the principle of “game in play”, traces the manifistations of intercultural interaction between Eastern and Western culture. The events in the drama take place against a backdrop of complex historical events — The Japan-China War. The work contains references to the intertextual elements of the dramatic works of the English playwright William Shakespeare (the tragedies “Romeo and Juliet”, “Hamlet” and “Magbeth”. The comic interpretation of the play is a juxtaposition of cultures and literary genres. The author applies the concept «the theatre in the theatre», structures the work minimally through dialogue between the author and the censor. Intermediality acts as a system of interaction of one kind of art in the works of another and reveals mechanisms of mutual influence of kinds of art in the artistic culture of this or that historical period.