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Nichiporov Ilya B.,
Doctor of Philology, Professor of the History of Modern Russian Literature and Contemporary Literary Process Department
Lomonosov Moscow State University
e-mail: il-boris@yandex.ru
The article is devoted to V. Astafyev's novella “The Merry Soldier” (1997) as a phenomenon of late military prose. The problems and composition of the work, the image of the narrator, the principles of artistic selection and presentation of voluminous front-line and post-war material are considered. The main attention is paid to the generational, socio-psychological character traits of the “cheerful soldier” as a truth-seeker in personal and public spheres, prone to a decisive reassessment of his own combat experience and the circumstances of national life during and after the war.
Keywords: Victor Astafyev, war in literature, social truth-seeking, autobiographical prose, the image of the narrator
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