Humanities & Social Sciences 1 (2016 9) 140-149 ~ ~ ~ УДК 76.03/09 Specifi cs of Theatrical Concepts of the Creative Method of William Hogarth in His Graphic Series “A Rake’s Progress” and I. Stravinsky’s Opera “The Rake’s Progress” Svetlana A. Iakovleva* Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Art 22 Lenin Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia Received 06.10.2015, received in revised form 09.11.2015, accepted 15.12.2015 The article studies the theatrical nature of the creative method of the artist William Hogarth in creating paintings and graphic series “A Rake’s Progress” and the composer Igor Stravinsky in creating the opera “The Rake’s Progress” based on the engravings of the artist. <...> The formation of theatrical thinking is shown, its origins and interaction with diverse phenomena of English culture in the work of Hogarth and Stravinsky are determined. <...> The author pays particular attention to the issue of the identical creative way that brings out the unity of theatrical thinking, as well as the genre specifi cs of Hogarth and Stravinsky, scenic and musical dramatic art for the creation of a scenic and pictorial form. <...> The article analyzes the stylistic features that refl ect the main trends of English culture of the 18th century and European culture of the fi rst half of the 20th century. <...> It examines in detail the expressive means subordination of the musical pattern to the picturesque dramaturgy of the artist. <...> This research approach allows to confi rm the semantic links of structural validity between the works of the music and art. <...> Keywords: artist William Hogarth, composer Igor Stravinsky, librettist W.H. Auden, creative method, theatre, graphics, stagecraft. <...> Hogarth’s “A Rake’s Progress” (1734-1735) and Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” (19481951) created in different sociocultural eras, combined by the unity of moral and aesthetic problems in the interpretation of Hogarth’s understanding of Igor Stravinsky’s reading of the main character, had become widely known during their lifetime. <...> Repeatedly, the theme of engravings interpretation, the problem of creative © Siberian Federal University. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: masdisf555@mail.ru # 140 # the graphic series had been arising interest and became the subject of discussion. <...> The issues of the unity of the musical work <...>