Artistic reflection of power in the novels "The Magpie on the Gallows," Algirdas Alhierd Baharevich and "Fish Town" Natalka Babina Cover Image

Мастацкае адлюстраванне ўлады ў раманах «Сарока на шыбеніцы» Альгерда Бахарэвіча і «Рыбін горад» Наталкі Бабінай
Artistic reflection of power in the novels "The Magpie on the Gallows," Algirdas Alhierd Baharevich and "Fish Town" Natalka Babina

Author(s): Natalia Rusiecka
Subject(s): Politics, Belarussian Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: modern Belarusian prose; writer and authority; patriotism; Belarus; current political situation; setting of a story; border; artistic world; portrait;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the ways the authority is described in a literary text. The analysis is based on two novels written by contemporary Belarusian writers – Natal’ka Babina’s “Ribiy gorod” and Al’gyerd Bakharyevich’s “Soroka na shubyenitzi”. While describing current political situation in Belarus, the authors create their individual attitude towards authority, show various forms and means of being in authority, and discuss the place of an artist in society and his relations with authority.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 127-141
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Belarusian