FUNCTIONS OF REPETITION IN A.P. CHEKHOV’S DRAMATURGY

Abstract

The article considers a problem of repetition as one of the specifics of text construction in dramas, written by A. P. Chekhov, reveals peculiarities of the use of repetition of themes both within a single play, and between all dramatic works of the playwright. Considerable attention is paid to the vaudevilles “The Bear” and “The Proposal”, then to Chekhov’s large plays (“Ivanov”, “Lyeshiy”, “The Seagull”, “Uncle Vania”, “Three Sisters” and “The Cherry Orchard”). The main content of this article is the analysis of speech repetition, repetition of behavior, as well as plot repetition. The article reveals intertextuality in the dramaturgy of A. P. Chekhov. The author concludes that the artistic world in the dramaturgy of A. P. Chekhov is depicted as a single world with eternal repetition, generating a special rhythm of life, and in this rhythm with eternal return is felt objective comic of life.