Title of the article:

“THIRD-CLASS HUMANˮ: ON REPRESENTATION OF THE IMAGE OF ETHNIC MIGRANT IN MODERN RUSSIAN DRAMA (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE PLAY “KHACH” BY U. B. GITSAREVA)

Author(s):

Hesham М. М. Мohammed

Information about the author/authors

Hesham M. M. Mohammed ― PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Russian Language Department, Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain-Shams University, Al-Khalifa Al-Ma'amun St., 11566 Cairo, Egypt. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7113-1110. E-mail: maro5@mail.ru 

Section

Philological sciences

Year

2021

Volume

Vol. 62

Pages

pp. 246–257

Received

July 06, 2020

Date of publication

December 28, 2021

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2021-62-246-257

Index UDK

821.161.1.0

Index BBK

83.3(2Рос=Руc)6

Abstract

The paper discusses artistic portrayal of an ethnic migrant in the modern Russian drama on the example of the play “Khach” (2014) by U. B. Gitsareva. The author focuses on the way migration is described and what are the meanings that inform this social phenomenon in the play. The play`s poetics is about giving a voice to migrants and distinguishing them from the mute mass, which organically fits into general tendency of Documentary Theater. The study highlights the concept of “strangeness” (“Otherness”), which is realized here both through a spatial chronotope and artistic objectivity; identifies and systematizes discursive means and mechanisms for constructing the image of an ethnic migrant, reveals perception and attitude of the host community towards the ethnic migrants, explores characteristics attributed to him in the host environment, analyzes how the topic of public recognition is embodied in everyday language and indicates strategies for migrants to overcoming “strangeness” (“otherness”). The author also substantiates the issue`s relevance for literary research. The choice of the paper`s subject is determined by the lack of studies of the given issue in terms of the modern Russian literature. As the analysis shows the play “Khach” is a comprehensive attempt at generalization, built into both the socio-psychological and ideological context.

Keywords

modern Russian drama, U. B. Gitsareva, cross-cultural communication, migration, ethnic migrant, foreign worker, migrant discourse, concept of “strangeness” (“Otherness”), mother country, foreign country. 

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