Remakes of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" in Modern Russian Drama: V. Sigarev's Play "Alexei Karenin" (Based on the Novel by L.N. Tolstoy "Anna Karenina")_INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND CULTURE CENTER FOR ACADEMIC CONTACTS (ISCCAC)

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Remakes of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" in Modern Russian Drama: V. Sigarev's Play "Alexei Karenin" (Based on the Novel by L.N. Tolstoy "Anna Karenina")

Authors

Ivanova Natalia Petrovna

Corresponding Author

Ivanova Natalia Petrovna

Publishing Date

Aug., 2025

Keywords

remake, hero, text, novel, genre, play

Abstract

The article discusses V.V. Sigarev's remake of Leo Tolstoy's novel "Anna Karenina". The title of the playwright's play shifts Tolstoy's point of view to the characters: Sigarev focuses on the psychological side of Alexey Karenin's image, which is revealed in his relationship with Anna, Seryozha and Lidia Ivanovna. In the play, Karenin appears weak, misunderstood by his loved ones, lonely, old, but at the same time capable of forgiving betrayal, finding the strength to live for children. Sigarev shows Karenin not as a statesman, dry and indifferent, but as a deeply suffering, self-pitying character.

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