The Bathhouse
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"The Bathhouse" is a satirical play by Vladimir Mayakovsky that critiques Soviet bureaucracy and social stagnation through absurdist, futuristic comedy.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bathhouse canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
ⓘ
satirical play ⓘ |
| author | Vladimir Mayakovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| critiques |
bureaucratic inefficiency
ⓘ
careerism ⓘ opportunism ⓘ political corruption ⓘ |
| depicts |
Soviet officials
ⓘ
party bureaucrats ⓘ technological utopianism ⓘ |
| form | stage play ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist drama
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
bureaucrat
ⓘ
opportunist ⓘ reformer ⓘ technocrat ⓘ |
| hasForm |
prose dialogue
ⓘ
verse elements ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext | Stalinist Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception | controversial in Soviet Union ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
avant-garde
ⓘ
experimental ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Soviet bureaucracy
ⓘ
social progress ⓘ state power ⓘ technological progress ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Russian Futurism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet political climate ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Futurism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
conflict between progress and conservatism
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critique of Soviet bureaucracy ⓘ social stagnation ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | dramatic ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| period | early Soviet era ⓘ |
| setting | futuristic Soviet society ⓘ |
| tone |
absurd
ⓘ
comic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
allegory
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exaggeration ⓘ farce ⓘ grotesque imagery ⓘ |
| workOf | Vladimir Mayakovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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