http://ir.knutkt.edu.ua/handle/123456789/350 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:52:45 GMT 2026-04-18T11:52:45Z http://ir.knutkt.edu.ua/handle/123456789/647 Improvisational Comedy in the Discourse of German Aesthetic Thought Mylenka, Halyna; Anhelova, Anhelina The article considers the views of German theorists (from G. E. Lessing to P. Sloterdijk) on comic characters of improvised folk street performances. It is noted that German enlighteners, who defended their position in a struggle with supporters of French classicism, paid attention for the fruitfulness of the folk tradition and its role in the development of the national theatre. The active debate about the comic character that erupted in Germany in the XVIII century revealed more fundamental issues related to the boundaries of beauty in aesthetics. The article highrises not only the theoretical experience of G. E. Lessing and J. W. Goethe regarding the need of preserving the living branch of the folk tradition, but also its use directly in their artistic practice. The point of view of the German enlighteners on the creative potential of farcical improvisations has not lost its relevance in subsequent times. The question of the comic type and the concept of “comic” as a whole became the scientific interest of German scientists of the XIX – XXI centuries. The study of their works expanded the horizons of the problem by proposing its consideration in the philosophical, aesthetic, historical, sociological and art criticism aspects. Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://ir.knutkt.edu.ua/handle/123456789/647 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.knutkt.edu.ua/handle/123456789/646 Nonlinear cosmogony of "Black Mirror": darkness as a symbol of a distorted chronotope in the futuristic Netflix series Anhelova, Anhelina The article is devoted to the study of the symbolic significance of light and darkness in the life of modern humanity. In order to analize this problem, the author turned to "Black Mirror", a science-fiction anthology released by Netflix company. This popular series creates pessimistic and dystopian picture of life in a high-tech civilisation. The future in the serial appears as a multidimensional matrix, the elements of which form intricate correlations with the nowadays world. One of the most commonly echoed themes in the episodes of "Black Mirror" is the human being in the world, whose functioning is determined by a nonlinear space with conditions of artificial lighting, when the natural change of day and night matters no more. Darkness and light appear here as symbols that have different, sometimes polar meanings. In search of their identity and a bright future, human constantly returns to the Plato’s cave, but instead of the shadows of divine light on the stonewalls, he sees only flickering pixels. From this perspective, "Black Mirror" is a hopeless attempt to return to the original cosmogonic harmony of light and darkness. Unfortunately, this is the labyrinth without exit, since there is no way one can find the true essence of being in the distorted chronotope of social networks and virtual reality. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://ir.knutkt.edu.ua/handle/123456789/646 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z