Aestheticization and mythologization of history in the novel “Zalataya zhrytsa Asvynov” by Olga Ipatova Cover Image

Estetyzacja i mitologizacja historii w powieści Wolhi Ipatawej „Złota kapłanka Aświnów”
Aestheticization and mythologization of history in the novel “Zalataya zhrytsa Asvynov” by Olga Ipatova

Author(s): Beata Siwek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Novel
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: historical issues; mythology; Lithuania; the Duke of Mindovg; reconstruction processes of the past; poetics and aesthetics of the novel

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to “Zalataya zhrytsa Asvynov”, the novel written by Olga Ipatova. Strategies of reconstructing the past used by the Belarusian novelist as well as the poetics and aesthetics of her work are in the focus of attention. History in the novel is fragmentary. It is interpreted through the prism of consciously activated mythological mechanisms. Although their significance is fixed in collective consciousness, they need to be updated and interpreted anew.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 11-21
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish