Existential dimension of human being in Maxim Garetsky’s prose Cover Image

Экзiстэнцыяльнае вымярэнне чалавечага быцця ў прозе Максiма Гарэцкага
Existential dimension of human being in Maxim Garetsky’s prose

Author(s): Waleryj Maksimowicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Belarussian Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: intelectual-philosophical; documentary-artistic prose; novelty; character’s inner world; borderline situation

Summary/Abstract: In the article the works of Maxim Garetsky, a classic of Belarusian literature have been analyzed. The author directs his attention to multidimensionality, pluralism of artistic and aesthetic search, connection with existential-philosophical discourse, specificity of the writer’s approach to the essence of “existential” conflict, the problem of moral choice, responsibility for the evil. It is stated that the main line of the works is associated with the search for axiological priorities directly related to the problem of individual existence, to the option of “choice”, to the idea of preservation of human sovereignty and the protection of the right for a decent life.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 171-187
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Belarusian