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Poetics of historical memory in the novels of S.A. Alexievich “Last Witnesses” and “Secondhand Time”
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-3-155-162
Abstract
The article analyzes the functioning of memory in two novels by S.A. Alexievich, included in the cycle of books “Voices of Utopia” – “Last Witnesses” and “Secondhand Time”, which are based on the memories of witnesses of the Great Patriotic (Second World) War and the dissolution breakup of the USSR. The features of the poetics of memory in above novels are highlighted by analyzing the subjective organization of the text and the system of points of view, speech organization and figurative structure, as well as spatio-temporal organization, which allows talking about features of the poetics of historical memory in the novels by S.A. Alexievich and about features of the poetics of memory in a literary work as a whole. The influence of the novels on the remediation of the memory of the Great Patriotic War memory and the breakup of the USSR is considered.
About the Author
A. V. BesovaRussian Federation
Arina V. Besova, postgraduate student
6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125047
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For citation: Besova A.V. Poetics of historical memory in the novels of S.A. Alexievich “Last Witnesses” and “Secondhand Time”. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2024;(3):155-162. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-3-155-162
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