Warsztaty z Apokalipsy. Zagrożenia atomową zagładą w reportażach Swietłany Aleksijewicz, Katarzyny Boni oraz Johna Herseya
Workshops on the Apocalypse. Threat of Nuclear Holocaust in the Reportage of Svetlana Alexievich, Katarzyna Boni and John Hersey

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the reportage of John Hersey, Svetlana Alexievich and KatarzynaBoni devoted to the victims of the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima, as well as thenuclear reactor accidents in Chernobyl and Fukushima. Presenting the consequences ofdisasters, not only in material, but above all in human terms, the author makes an attempt tofind out how societies, including the heroes of reportage, process the trauma of contaminationthrough culture, and what is the role in this process of the fictionalized type of this genre ofthe non-fiction prose. To answer the question whether the contemporary reportage can serveas a culture-creating factor, the author analyses the linguistic and stylistic features, whichcarry cultural meanings, as well as the composition of reportage texts revealing the way theauthors build the world presented of their authentic stories.

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