Chronotope in Maxim Kurochkin’s drama “Kitchen” in the context of the Nibelungenlied.  Movement of two loci towards each other

E. I. Seifert

doi:10.28995/2686-7249-2022-6-91-102

Chronotope in Maxim Kurochkin’s drama “Kitchen” in the context of the Nibelungenlied. Movement of two loci towards each other

E. I. Seifert

https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-6-91-102

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Abstract

The author of the article proves that M. Kurochkin in his drama “Kitchen” creates an interesting effect of the “kitchen in the castle” chronotope with the help of fantasy. In that play, the locus of the German medieval castle of the 5th century, which arose under the influence of the Nibelungenlied, is clear: here the epic heroes speak in a high style and follow the storyline of the source. The second locus is the kitchen in a Russian restaurant stylized as a castle: it is inhabited by restaurant employees (from its owner to a cleaning lady), whose language is distinguished by humor and everyday expressions. However, the high verse discourse of the locus of the German castle gradually flows into the locus of the kitchen. Locus of the medieval castle of the 5th century. and the locus of the kitchen. in a Russian restaurant of the late 1990s, stylized as a castle, flowing over each other, gradually reveal Kurochkin’s special metaphysics. In the play, the “kitchen in the castle” chronotope is present from the very beginning as a special metaphysical and fantastic world, but it does not appear immediately, but only when two loci are superimposed on each other.

Keywords

Maxim Kurochkin, “Kitchen”, modern Russian drama, chronotope, locus,

About the Author

E. I. Seifert

Russian State University for the Humanities; Moscow State Linguistic University
Russian Federation

Elena I. Seifert, Dr. of Sci. (Philology), associate professo

bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 125047

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For citation: Seifert E.I. Chronotope in Maxim Kurochkin’s drama “Kitchen” in the context of the Nibelungenlied. Movement of two loci towards each other. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2022;(6):91-102. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-6-91-102

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