Title: The Truth of the Literary Past: (on the Issue of the Narrative Peculiarity in A. Solzhenitsyn’s Epic ‘The Red Wheel’)
Abstract:The present article tackles the artistic method used by Solzhenitsyn in his work "The Red Wheel".The starting point for consideration is the writer's statement that this work of art is not an ordinary...The present article tackles the artistic method used by Solzhenitsyn in his work "The Red Wheel".The starting point for consideration is the writer's statement that this work of art is not an ordinary historical novel and it realizes totally exceptional artistic goals.The author of the article proposes to analyze some of Solzhenitsyn's theoretical explanations, which might have affected the specific character of the world presented in "The Red Wheel".The research of those explanations makes it possible to figure out certain parallels between the concept of artistic perception of Solzhenitsyn's world and classical reflections on the subject of tasks of literature and the role of an artist.An exceptional role in this system of literary values is played by the truth of literature understood as authentic historical evidence, and a writer who takes on the role of a historian and is aimed at finding the meaning of historical events.Read More