The origins of B. Shaw's drama extravagance in the works of English writers of different periods

the purpose of the study is to determine in the works of which foreign writers the origins of extravagance in the dramaturgy can be traced. The article examines examples from the works of other English writers (W. Shakespeare, B. Jonson, G. Fielding, L. Sterne) in which one can trace the emergence of manifestations of extravagance in the behavior and reasoning of character. To achieve the above research objective, it is necessary to slove the following tasks: - to explore the emergence of the image of the eccentric in English literature; - to define the content of the term weiro; - to analize the plays «Every Man in His Humour» by B. Jonson 1958, published in 1601; «Twelf Night, Or What you Will» by W. Shakespeare, published in 1601, staged for the first time in 1602; «The Coffee-House Politician», «Rape upon Rape, or The Justice Caught in His Humour» by G. Fielding, 1730, staged for the first time this year; «The Intriguing Chambermaid» by G. Fielding, 1733, staged in 1734; «The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentlman» by L. Sterne, 1759-1767 for finding extravagance in them. This word comes from the French equivalent «extravagant», which means unusual not in the line with generally accepted customs, norms, fashion. (Dictionary of Foreign Words, 1984, p. 577). Practical significance of the study: the research materials can be used in universities of the humanities in the discipline of «foreign literature» and in the study of special courses and special seminars on B. Shaw's dramaturgy for bachelors and masters of philology.

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