title: The Ritual Culture of Late Imperial Russia: Performing the Middle Ages
abstract: This dissertation examines how the performance of medieval rituals at the tsarâs court, in the dramas of modernist playwrights, and in early cinema can be read as commentaries on the sociopolitical situation during the Russian Empireâs last two decades. These rituals include the commemorative celebrations at the court of Nikolai II, rites of passage in dramas modeled on medieval mystery plays, and costume dramas of early filmmakers. My approach examines these three expressions of the medieva
journal: eScholarship (California Digital Library)