Dissertatsiya posvyashchena issledovaniyu estetiki i poetiki komicheskogo vo frantsuzskoy avangardnoy dramaturgii KhKh veka. Obrashchenie k yavleniyam sovremennogo zarubezhnogo teatra bylo opredeleno interesom k iskusstvu avangarda i razlichiem ponyatiyno-kontseptual'nykh podkhodov k ego osmysleniyu v otechestvennoy i zarubezhnoy gumanitarnoy nauke. Dostovernym faktom yavlyaetsya sushchestvovanie form avangardnoy dramaturgii v teatre KhKh veka, no izuchenie etoy slozhivsheysya na rubezhe KhIKh-KhKh vekov traditsii ostaetsya v osnovnom prerogativoy iskusstvovedeniya, togda kak, osobenno v sfere poetiki, drama teatra avangarda predstavlyaet soboy znachitel'nyy interes dlya filologa. Ob"ektom issledovaniya yavlyaetsya dramaturgiya frantsuzskogo teatra avangarda (1896-1950). Eto korpus dramaticheskikh proizvedeniy, poluchivshikh stsenicheskoe voploshchenie i obogativshikh novatorskie traditsii dramy KhKh veka: tsikl dram o korole Ubyu A.Zharri, komediografiya v dramaturgii M. de Gel'deroda, p'esy Zh. Zhene Sluzhanki, Balkon i Shirmy, antip'esy i tragifarsy E. Ionesko (Lysaya pevitsa, Kartina, Zhazhda i golod).