COLLECTIVE PLAY-PATCHWORK: SPECIFICS OF THE LATEST GENRE

Abstract

This article attempts to provide scientific evidence for the theory of the latest literary genre: collective play- patchwork. This is a new subgenre of collective literary patchwork. The study offers a new definition of the latest genre in both a narrow and a broad sense, develops its general schematic design, defines its structure, and identifies a number of characteristic features. Using several dramatic genres as examples, the course of their modifications and transformations is outlined, the conditions for the acquisition of new functions are considered, and attention is drawn to the processes of genre diffusion. The conditions for the emergence of a collective play-patchwork are described, with particular reference to the influence of the rapid development of modern communication processes and globalization trends. An attempt is made to demonstrate the features of practical implementation of the latest genre on the example of the literary experiment consisting in writing a collective patchwork play «Bosorka», which was organized by the author of this article.The purpose of the article is to scientifically substantiate the peculiarities of the newest literary genre – collective play-patchwork. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to solve the following tasks: to define the newest literary genre – a collective play-patchwork, to study the peculiarities of this genre, to propose its schematic structure, and to highlight the main features of the newest literary genre.The scientific novelty of the subject is based on the fact that here the newest literary genre – collective play- patchwork is proposed, its peculiarities are highlighted, and the ways of its practical implementation are suggested.The results of further testing for the latest genre will require some additional study, which will determine the relevance and novelty of the research implemented in the article.The latest communication processes give impetus to the emergence and development of new genres, as has been revealed.It turns out that one of these genres is collective play-patchwork, which can be considered a subgenre of collective literary patchwork. The basic principle is to bring together numerous authors to create common dramatic texts that make up a series of different genre works (acts or plays) that are united by a common theme, premise, idea, main character, sequence of events, and setting.The summary. The result of this research is the substantiation of the latest literary genre collective play- patchwork. This can be considered in a broad and narrow sense and is characterized by the following features: by form, it is a dramatic work, which is intended for playing on stage and includes its main characteristics; which is created by a team of authors, the number of which is unlimited; having a large volume of dramatic text; which can consist of numerous acts and individual plays created by co-authors of a collective play-patchwork based on the prologue and concept to a dramatic work; contains many storylines and a variety of characters; combines different genres in content (such as comedy, drama, dramedy, tragedy, tragicomedy, farce, tragifarce, melodrama, vaudeville, mystery, miracle, moralite, extravaganza, etc.), which allows many dramatic improvements (acts or plays) of many co-authors; these works are united around the literary core – the prologue and the concept of a collective dramatic work; the role-playing game embodies the theme, premise, and common idea of the work, which outlines the main character (s), depicts one’s artistic world, the common setting (s) and sequence of events, and contains common artistic details; it shall combine the different styles and views of many authors into a common collective dramatic heritage; in the same time, individual dramatic works made by co-authors (acts or plays) can be written in different languages.We see the prospect of future research in further substantiation of the newest genre and a comprehensive study of the results of the recent literary experiment of writing a collective play-patchwork «Bosorka».