Literature as a media of memory (“Voices from Chernobyl” by S.A. Alexievich)
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-11-369-376
Abstract
The article considers the features of literature as a media of memory by the example of the novel “Voices from Chernobyl” by S.A. Alexievich, which is based on the memories of witnesses to the Chernobyl disaster. The features of the poetics of memory in the novel 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 us to talk about features of the historical memory poetics in the novel by S.A. Alexievich and about features of the poetics of memory in a literary work as a whole. The article also highlights the features of the reception of the novel by S.A. Alexievich and its influence on the remediation of the memory of the Chernobyl disaster by analyzing reader reviews on various platforms and identifying media products that appeared thanks to the novel.
About the Author
A. V. Besova
Russian State University for the Humanities
Россия
Россия
Arina V. Besova, postgraduate student
6-6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125047
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For citations:
Besova A.V. Literature as a media of memory (“Voices from Chernobyl” by S.A. Alexievich). RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2025;(11(2)):369-376. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-11-369-376
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