THEATER AND THEATRICALITY IN THE POETICS OF THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK’S NOVEL “GRILLS GRANGE”

Abstract

The article considers the problem of synthesis of literature and theater, rapprochement of the novel with the drama as a kind of literature and the embodiment of this aesthetic concept in the novel of the English writer of the XIX century Thomas Love Peacock’s novel “Grills Grange”. The paper appeals to antiquity, genres ancient comedy and satire. The author of philosophical and satirical works clearly conveys to the reader their aesthetic and personal views aimed at the reconstruction of modern society. Chapter XXVIII “Aristophanes in London” is a kind of climax of the work, expressing the aesthetic and ideological foundations of Peacock’s views and the highest point of connection of real theater and theatricality in the poetics of the novel “Grills Grange”. Thus, embodying the traditions of theatrical ancient art in the epic of the XIX century, Peacock generates a unique futuristic form of artwork.