Izvestia of the Ural federal university. Series 2. Humanities and Arts, 2021
This article investigates V. P. Aksyonov’s argument with L. N. Tolstoy about the role of personal... more This article investigates V. P. Aksyonov’s argument with L. N. Tolstoy about the role of personality in history in his trilogy Generations of Winter. The saga protagonists’ spiritual awakening and self-identification are discussed in the context of Tolstoy’s view on the activity of the general mass of people who take part in a historical event and determine its outcome. This allows to elicit Aksyonov’s view on man’s personal responsibility under Stalinism. The main sources of this paper are Tolstoy’s War and Peace and Aksyonov’s Generations of Winter. Its purpose is to explain Aksyonov’s artistic conceptualization of the role of the masses and the individual under the Stalinist regime and in the Great Patriotic War. The major results of the research have been achieved by comparing the artistic devices employed by Tolstoy in fracturing the myth of Napoleon’s genius as leader of the general mass with Aksyonov’s approach in satirical portrayal of Stalin. The article explores Aksyonov’s...
Page 1. Interview with Tatyana Tolstaya By TAMARA ALAGOVA & NINA EFIMOV Q: Did Alexei Tolstoy... more Page 1. Interview with Tatyana Tolstaya By TAMARA ALAGOVA & NINA EFIMOV Q: Did Alexei Tolstoy's talent influence your calling to be a writer? Do you believe literary genius can be inherited? A: What is hereditary I cannot judge. ...
Izvestia of the Ural federal university. Series 2. Humanities and Arts, 2021
This article investigates V. P. Aksyonov’s argument with L. N. Tolstoy about the role of personal... more This article investigates V. P. Aksyonov’s argument with L. N. Tolstoy about the role of personality in history in his trilogy Generations of Winter. The saga protagonists’ spiritual awakening and self-identification are discussed in the context of Tolstoy’s view on the activity of the general mass of people who take part in a historical event and determine its outcome. This allows to elicit Aksyonov’s view on man’s personal responsibility under Stalinism. The main sources of this paper are Tolstoy’s War and Peace and Aksyonov’s Generations of Winter. Its purpose is to explain Aksyonov’s artistic conceptualization of the role of the masses and the individual under the Stalinist regime and in the Great Patriotic War. The major results of the research have been achieved by comparing the artistic devices employed by Tolstoy in fracturing the myth of Napoleon’s genius as leader of the general mass with Aksyonov’s approach in satirical portrayal of Stalin. The article explores Aksyonov’s...
Page 1. Interview with Tatyana Tolstaya By TAMARA ALAGOVA & NINA EFIMOV Q: Did Alexei Tolstoy... more Page 1. Interview with Tatyana Tolstaya By TAMARA ALAGOVA & NINA EFIMOV Q: Did Alexei Tolstoy's talent influence your calling to be a writer? Do you believe literary genius can be inherited? A: What is hereditary I cannot judge. ...
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