  fedorenko-oy-vestnik-2026-1.pdf |
- 18
- The dual world principle in Marsha Norman’s play “Getting Outˮ
- Fedorenko O.Ya. The dual world principle in Marsha Norman’s play “Getting Outˮ. Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2026, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 127–135. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2026-32-1-127-135
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2026-32-1-127-135
- УДК: 821(73).09”20”
- EDN: AYLHEK
- Publish date: 2025-12-25
- Annotation: The prime aim of the study is to identify the representation forms of the dual world principle within the context of postmodern worldview in the play “Getting Outˮ by contemporary American playwright Marsha Norman. The author examines the diachronic transformation of dual world principle in literary works by the writers of the 19th – 21st centuries. Changes in the reception of this category in the well-known artistic and philosophical systems (Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, and Postmodernism) are formulated. The following components of Marsha Norman’s play are analysed – chronotope, imagery, intertextual connections to cultural and historical facts at the level of plot development (Christian subtext), temporality (parallel action, dramatisation of the past), and social issues (a marginalised hero with uncertain fate). These elements of dramatic discourse are examined in relation to the main features of Postmodernism. The article concludes that the forms of the dual world principle, functioning interrelatedly in the composition of the play “Getting Outˮ, are the spatial-temporal one and the Doppelganger motif. In consideration of the play principal storyline the author confirms the characteristic postmodern assertion about the flexibility and plurality of literary characters’ inner-self. According to the latter the individual ceases to be conceived of as a stable subject with an indivisible identity structure.
- Keywords: dual world principle, Doppelganger motif, multiple identity, postmodernism.
- Literature list: Aleksandrova E.A. Motiv sna v rannej pojezii A. Bloka [The motif of sleep in the early poetry of A. Blok]. Ural'skij filologicheskij vestnik. Ser.: Draft: molodaja nauka [Ural Philological Bulletin], 2016, no. 5, pp. 61–71. (In Russ.) Astashhenko E.V. Romanticheskoe dvoemirie v russkoj proze jepohi dekadansa [Romantic Duality in Russian Prose of the Decadence Era]. Sovremennoe pedagogicheskoe obrazovanie [Modern Pedagogical Education], 2025, no. 3, pp. 363–367. (In Russ.) Baranova K.M. Istoki osnovnyh lejtmotivov amerikanskoj literatury v proizvedenijah kolonial'nogo perioda (XVII vek) [The Origins of the Main Leitmotifs of American Literature in the Writings of the Colonial Period (17th Century)]. Moscow, MGOU Publ., 2009, 258 p. (In Russ.) Bashilova Ju.V. Jazykovaja reprezentacija romanticheskogo dvoemirija v romane Ljudviga Tika [Linguistic Representation of the Romantic Dual World in the Novel by Ludwig Tieck]. Vestnik Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo lingvisticheskogo universiteta. Gumanitarnye nauki [Bulletin of the Moscow State Linguistic University. Humanities], 2021, no. 3(845), pp. 9–16. (In Russ.) Berberova L.B., Kuchukova Z.A., Mankieva Je.H. Romantizm: tipologija modelej hudozhestvennogo dvoemirija (na materiale zarubezhnoj literatury XIX veka) [Romanticism: A Typology of Models of Artistic Duality (Based on the 19th-Century Foreign Literature)]. Filologicheskie nauki. Voprosy teorii i praktiki [Philological Sciences. Theoretical and Practical Issues], 2023, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 725–730. (In Russ.) Derrida Zh. Pozicii [Positions], ed. by V.V. Bibihina. Moscow, Akademicheskij Proekt Publ., 2007, 160 p. (In Russ.) Ermasov E. Autodestruktivnyj tip perezhivanija stressa v uslovijah izoljacii [Autodestructive Type of Experiencing Stress in Isolation]. Razvitie lichnosti [Personality Development], 2010, no. 3, pp. 139–145. (In Russ.) Frejd Z. Vvedenie v psihoanaliz [Einführung in die Psychoanalyse], trans. by G.V. Baryshnikova. Moscow, AST Publ., 2019, 592 p. (In Russ.) Horuzhenko T.I. Tajnyj gorod ili gorod tajn: fjentezi na styke s konspirologicheskim romanom [A Secret City or a City of Mysteries: Fantasy at the Crossroads with a Conspiracy Novel]. Ural'skij filologicheskij vestnik. Ser.: Russkaja literatura XX–XXI vekov: napravlenija i techenija [Ural Philological Bulletin. Ser.: Russian Literature of the 20th-21st Centuries: Trends and Movements], 2017, no. 3, pp. 130–137. (In Russ.) Kanarskaja E.I. Dvoemirie kak arhetip russkoj literatury i ego voploshhenie v tvorchestve N.V. Koljady [Dual World as an Archetype of Russian Literature and Its Embodiment in the Works of N.V. Kolyada]. Vestnik Nizhegorodskogo universiteta im. N.I. Lobachevskogo [Bulletin of the N.I. Lobachevsky University of Nizhny Novgorod], 2017, no. 3, pp. 231–236. (In Russ.) Kovalenko A.G. Princip dvoemirija v russkoj literature XX veka [The Dual World Principle in Russian Literature of the 20th century]. Dergachevskie chtenija – 2000. Russkaja literatura: nacional'noe razvitie i regional'nye osobennosti: materialy mezhdunar. nauch. konf.; Ekaterinburg, 10–11 okt. 2000 g. [Dergachev Readings – 2000]. Ekaterinburg, Ural'skij universitet Publ., 2001, vol. 2, pp. 141–146. (In Russ.) Kotomcev D.O. Kategorija dvoemirija v pojetike modernistskoj literatury [The Category of Dual World in the Poetics of Modernist Literature]. Vostochnoslavjanskaja filologija. Literaturovedenie [East Slavic Philology. Literary Criticism], 2022, no. 14(38), pp. 102–110. (In Russ.) Lazareva K.V. Zaglavie kak jelement pojetiki fantasticheskogo v russkoj proze 20-40-h godov XIX veka [The Title as an Element of the Fantastic Poetics in Russian Prose of the 1820s–1840s]. Uchenye zapiski Kazanskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Ser.: Gumanitarnye nauki [Scientific Notes of Kazan State University. Series: Humanities], 2008, vol. 150, no. 6, pp. 48–57. (In Russ.) Ljubeeva S.V. Fenomen mezhpokolencheskoj peredachi psihicheskoj travmy v debjutnyh proizvedenijah K. Ishiguro [The Phenomenon of Intergenerational Transmission of Mental Trauma in K. Ishiguro's Debut Works]. Vestnik MGPU. Ser.: Filologija. Teorija jazyka. Jazykovoe obrazovanie [Herald of Moscow State Pedagogic University. Ser.: Philology, Language Theory, Linguistic Education], 2021, no. 4(44), pp. 123–129. (In Russ.) Merkulova M.G. Retrospekcija v anglijskoj “novoj drame” konca XIX – nachala XX veka: istoki i funkcionirovanie [Retrospection in English ‘New drama’ of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Origins and Functioning]. Moscow, Prometej Publ., 2006, 184 p. (In Russ.) Nefedova O.I. Motiv predopredelenija v romane «Bojnja nomer pjat'» Kurta Vonneguta [The Motif of Providence in Kurt Vonnegut’s Novel “Slaughterhouse-Five”]. Litera, 2024, no. 8, pp. 252–263. (In Russ.) Petrulevich I.A. Resocializacija byvshih zakljuchennyh: problemno-konceptual'noe pole sociologicheskogo podhoda [Resocialization of Former Prisoners: The Problematic and Conceptual Field of the Sociological Approach]. Mir nauki. Sociologija, filologija, kul'turologija [The World of Science. Sociology, Philology, and Cultural Studies], 2022, vol. 13, no. 4. URL: https://sfk-mn.ru/PDF/61SCSK422.pdf (In Russ.) Postmodernizm kak dominanta razvitija sistemy obrazovanija v SShA i Rossii [Postmodernism as a Dominant Factor in the Development of the Education System in the USA and Russia], T.N. Bokova, V.G. Malahova, E.G. Tareva et al. Moscow, Jazyki Narodov Mira Publ., 2020, 224 p. (In Russ.) Pojetika: slovar' aktual'nyh terminov i ponjatij [Poetics: A Dictionary of Current Terms and Concepts], ed. by N.D. Tamarchenko. Moscow, Izd. Kulaginoj; Intrada Publ., 2008, 357 p. (In Russ.) Poslanie k Rimljanam 6:4 [Romans 6:4]. Biblija onlajn [Bible online]. URL: https://bible.by/verse/52/6/4/ (access date: 28.09.2025). (In Russ.) Shhukov D.A. Idillicheskaja model' V.A. Zhukovskogo v pojeme N.V. Gogolja “Ganc Kjuhel'garten” [The Idyllic Model of V.A. Zhukovsky in N.V. Gogol's Poem “Ganz Kuchelgarten”]. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo pedagogicheskogo universiteta [Bulletin of Tomsk State Pedagogical University], 2022, no. 3(221), pp. 115–125. (In Russ.) Spivak-Lavrova I.I. Jestetika impressionizma: otrazhenija i zerkala v maloj proze V. Vulf i Ju. Oleshi [The Aesthetics of Impressionism: Reflections and Mirrors in the Short Stories of V. Woolf and Yu. Olesha]. Kazanskaja nauka [Kazan Science], 2014, no. 4, pp. 180–182. (In Russ.) Strel'nikova L.Ju. Fenomen igry v literature nemeckogo romantizma: iskazhenie fundamental'noj real'nosti [The Phenomenon of Play in the Literature of German Romanticism: Distortion of Fundamental Reality]. Vestnik Volzhskogo universiteta im. V.N. Tatishheva [Bulletin of the Volga University named after V.N. Tatishchev], 2016, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 83–92. (In Russ.) Tarasova I.I., Fedchenko N.L. Svoeobrazie tvorcheskogo metoda A.I. Kuprina: “smeshenie” realizma i romantizma [The Uniqueness of A.I. Kuprin’s Creative Method: A “Mixture” of Realism and Romanticism]. Mir nauki, kul'tury, obrazovanija [World of Science, Culture, Education], 2020, no. 2(81), pp. 610–613. (In Russ.) Tiv'jaeva I.V. Strukturnaja organizacija mnemicheskogo narrativa [Structural Organization of Mnemonic Narrative]. Sibirskij filologicheskij zhurnal [Siberian Philological Journal], 2020, no. 1, pp. 303–315. (In Russ.) Tihomirov D.S. Cherty romanticheskoj pojetiki v tvorchestve N. Gogolja i L. Andreeva [Features of Romantic Poetics in the Works of N. Gogol and L. Andreev]. Gumanitarnye issledovanija [Humanitarian Studies], 2013, no. 4(48), pp. 094–099. (In Russ.) Vartanjan F.E., Shahovskij K.P. Psihicheskoe zdorov'e zhenshhin v uchrezhdenijah penitenciarnoj sistemy [Mental Health of Women in Penitentiary Institutions]. Psihicheskoe zdorov'e [Mental Health], 2010, vol. 8, № 1(44), pp. 66–71. (In Russ.) Vikulova L.G., Serebrennikova E.F., Kulagina O.A. Semiometrija refleksii o cennostjah sovremennogo obshhestva [Semiometry of Reflection on the Values of Modern Society]. Lingvistika i aksiologija. Jetnosemiometrija cennostnyh smyslov [Linguistics and Axiology. Ethnosemiometry of Value Meanings]. Moscow, Tezaurus Publ., 2011, pp. 196–230. (In Russ.) Habibian E., Soheil K. Social Ecofeminism Versus Cultural Ecofeminism: Marsha Norman’s Getting Out and ’night, Mother, Critical Literary Studies, 2021, no. 3 (2), pp. 77–91. https://doi.org/10.34785/J014.2021.305. Norman M. Getting Out. New York, Dramatists Play Service Inc. Publ., 1979, 73 p. Rubik M. A Sisterhood of Women: Marsha Norman's Getting Out and The Laundromat. URL: https://ejournals.lib.auth.gr/gramma/article/view/7443/7202 (дата обращения: 28.09.2025).