The Phenomenon of the Comic in Contemporary Variety Art

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https://doi.org/10.31866/2410-1915.20.2019.172466

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comic, variety art, gag, humor, satire, slapstick, grotesque

Abstract

The purpose of the scientific paper is to determine the functional, form-building and artistic-shaped features of the comic in the system of original genres of contemporary variety art. The research methods. In the process of analyzing the phenomenon of the comic, an interdisciplinary approach based on the principle of corporatism is used and involves the interpretation and comparison of sociocultural, philosophical, aesthetic, psychological, historical, and art critic aspects of the study of the identified issues in the context of the specifics of variety art. The range of problems of the comic as a phenomenon of contemporary variety art is considered comprehensively, using general scientific, cultural, and art criticism methods and approaches: systemic (for a comprehensive consideration of the phenomenon of comic and the specifics of the evolution of variety art); structural (for the study of variety art in terms of genre morphology); genre-typological method (for analyzing the features of the use of comic techniques in the process of creating variety turns), etc., in order to study the comic in a socio-cultural context and a social art context. The scientific novelty. The category of “comic” as a phenomenon of variety art of the XXI century has been studied in an interdisciplinary aspect; functional, form-building and artistic-figurative features of creating a comic in the system of original genres of contemporary variety art have been defined. Conclusions. In the system of original genres of variety art, such as pantomime, musical eccentricity, mime-clownery, manipulation, etc., comic tricks, jokes or gags are important means of expressiveness. The phenomenon of the comic in contemporary variety art implements a relaxation function and is characterized by an active search for new comedic situations in original genres. The use of various unique techniques in the process of creating a variety turn generates innovative shades of the comic, which causes the viewer to an appropriate emotional state.

Author Biography

Vitaly Ilnitsky, Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts

Teaching assistant

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2019-05-30

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Ilnitsky, V. (2019). The Phenomenon of the Comic in Contemporary Variety Art. Culture and Arts in the Modern World, (20), 249–257. https://doi.org/10.31866/2410-1915.20.2019.172466

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