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This treatise is to study the intertextuality between ‘Russian Jam’ by Liudmilia Ulitskaya and plays by Anton Chekhov. Specifically, this study is to look into how characters, events, situations, and lines in plays by A. Chekhov were applied and adapted into works by Ulitskaya, as well as to figure out their significance. In particular, it how Chekhov’s important literary themes such as the problem of the intelligentsia, crisis awareness, and labor problems were varied and dealt with modern-day plays by Ulitskaya. Interpreting or parodying a classic from a modern viewpoint is no longer special to our contemporaries. In that, Chekhov is one of the most beloved authors in the world. ‘Russian Jam’ by Ulitskaya has an intimate intertextuality with ‘Cherry Orchard’ and ‘Three Sisters.’ As the event begins with the villa that had been sold and made the family leave home, it has something to do with ‘Cherry Orchard’, and also the family members and character relationships is enough to be suggestive of ‘Three Sisters.’ Moreover, situations, lines and thematic consciousness hint at a relation with ‘Uncle Vanya’ in addition to the above twos. In addition, that work shows a close relationship with Chekhov’s works in terms not only of events, characters and events but of lines, dramaturgy, thematic consciousness and esthetical parts. Besides, Chekhov’s world view – neither optimistic nor pessimistic – can be found in works by Ulitskaya. With critical thinking, Chekhov incisively described commonplace people who have been making an unwise choice in a fast-changing society, which has been reborn as a satire on the public in the 21st century in works by Ulitskaya. The intertextuality between ‘Russian Jam’ and plays by Chekhov can be a kind of intellectual plays, a challenge, and an esthetical factor that enriches interpretation. Plays by Ulitskaya reconfirm that Chekhov is a classical and at the same time the most-modern author.

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