Dramaturgiya Leonida Andreeva: smechovoe i tragikomicheskoe.

Monografiya posvyashhena izucheniyu smechovogo nachala v drama- ticheskich proizvedeniyach Leonida Andreeva. Pochemu pisatel′, pro- slavivshijsya «kosmicheskim pessimizmom», stol′ nastojchivo obra- shhalsya v svoich p′esach k smechu? V issledovanii vyyavlyayutsya istoki i ambivalentnaya priroda andreevskogo smecha, rassmatrivayutsya for- my proyavleniya komicheskogo v ego nerazryvnom perepletenii s tra- gicheskim. Analiziruya ekzistencial′noe izmerenie smecha, ego svyaz′ s figurami geroev-buntarej, motiv patologicheskogo vesel′ya i fe- nomen absurda, avtor demonstriruet, kak cherez smech i voploshhenie tragikomicheskogo v dramaturgii Andreeva raskryvaetsya ego poetika dissonansov i paradoksov.