The through motives of Russian drama. From Griboedov to Erdman

Until recently, studies of Russian classical drama did not seek to identify the leitmotifs of Russian drama on a large array of texts. In the book of Constantine Frumkin, a candidate of cultural studies, an attempt is first made to describe through
motives of the Russian classical drama of the XIX - the first third of the twentieth century, from Griboedov to Erdman. The book tells about typical heroes of plays - such as “Visiting from the capital”, typical plot moves - such as “Interpretted letter” or “Seduction
The brides of the weak strong”, and encoded in the subjects of archetypal images - such as “Evil Fate” And Croud. Fate and longing are two most important archetypes that
dominate Russian classical literature and could stand in the title of this book