V predlagaemykh stat'yakh tvorchestvo Eleny Popovoy (vedushchego belorusskogo russkoyazychnogo dramaturga) issleduetsya v sopostavitel'nom aspekte s russkoy dramaturgiey "novoy volny" (L. Petrushevskaya, A. Galin, A. Kazantsev, N. Kolyada, M. Arbatova i dr.). Delaetsya popytka opredelit' obshchee i razlichnoe v ikh p'esakh na urovne avtorskikh strategiy, otdel'nykh tipov geroev ("delovaya zhenshchina"), konflikta (ekzistentsial'naya situatsiya), khronotopa (topos Doma), a takzhe vyyavlyaetsya preemstvennost' s nekotorymi predstavitelyami "novoy dramy" Belarusi (K. Steshik).