Some of the plays of contemporary Slovene and Russian playwrights are markedly feminist, so the question arises whether it can be talked about feminist new (new) drama as a literary trend. In order to be able to answer this question, it is necessary to precisely define periodization terms in literary history, limit the period of the new and new new drama in the Slovene and Russian literary space and describe the characteristics of the latest drama, find connections between feminism and literature, investigate the breakthrough and work of contemporary Slovene and Russian female playwrights who introduced thematic and formal innovations into the drama of the 21st century, and select, analyse and compare some contemporary plays written by Slovene and Russian female playwrights. Analysis and comparison of the plays this apple, made of gold by Simona Semenič, Mother by Asya Voloshina, 28 days by Olga Shilyayeva and #girlsandmoregirls or #girlsandhalfgirls (depending on the interpretation of the title) by Jera Ivanc show that it is possible to recognize a very similar artistic expression in all the plays, namely similar motive-thematic determinations (plurality of motives and themes, which shed a light on the position of women in society in history and today, and a critique of phallogocentrism), and similar formal-stylistic features (transition of female characters from object to subject; performative, no longer dramatic text and again dramatic text; deconstructed or partially deconstructed dramatic form). In the selected works of contemporary Slovenе and Russian female playwrights, it is therefore possible to perceive a very comparable feminist engaged (no longer dramatic or once again dramatic) new drama, which, however, will be able to be more precisely classified only with a sufficient distance in time.
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