CHAZYAYIN. STO TYSYACH. Pyesy.

Ivan Karpenko-Karyy — koryfey ukrayins′koyi p’yesy, utverdyv zhanr komediyi v ukrayins′kiy literaturi yak kanonichnu universal′nu formu chudozhn′oho zobrazhennya i modelyuvannya nayriznomanitnishych proyaviv vzayemyn mizh lyud′my ta orhanizatsiyi yichn′oho vnutrishn′oho svitu v systemi koordynat zahal′nolyuds′kych tsinnostey. Nayvydatnishym zrazkom satyrychnoyi komediyi Karpenka-Karoho ye p’yesa «CHazyayin», scho po pravu vvazhayet′sya vyznachnym tvorom ukrayins′koyi dramaturhiyi XIX stolittya. Komediya vidobrazhaye zhyvi yavyscha tohochasnoyi diysnosti, osnovni tendentsiyi rozvytku suspil′noho zhyttya. «Sto tysyach» — psycholohichna trahikomediya, osnovnoyu temoyu yakoyi ye satyra na lyuds′ku zhadobu. Komediya «Sto tysyach» stala pershoyu schodynkoyu v zobrazhenni velykoho ryadu obraziv kurkuliv, yaki namahalysya rozbahatity za rachunok zubozhinnya bil′shosti selyan, ta yakych zhadoba do zbahachennya shtovchala na zlochyn.