Culture of remembrance and culture of oblivion in evolution of Russian theatre

Ivinskikh Galina Pavlovna

The paper deals with problems of theatre during Russia’s transitional periods when novelty is, in a certain sense, fetishized. The study covers sharpening of collisions between traditions and avant-garde: traditions come to be billed as routine, traditionalism as social retrogradism. Comparative historical analysis of theatrical life on the cusps of the 19th and 20th and of the 20th and the 21st centuries discovered the potentialities of the transition phenomenon, its algorithm and specific features. Inference is drawn that previous cultural achievements must be developed, not destroyed, as the new is implemented.

Keywords:transitional periods, theatrical life, traditions and avant-garde, remembrance, oblivion.