WOMAN’S VIEW ON HISTORY: NOVEL BY ELSA MORANTE «HISTORY»

Abstract

The article is devoted to the research of works by the Italian writer of the middle of the XX century Elsa Morante namely to the analysis of the novel “History” («La Storia», 1974) from the point of view of its genre characteristics, to the search of features of historical novel, relations to classical French and Russian novelistic traditions. The novel “History” narrates about the events of the Second World War through the description of private life of individual people demonstrating how the macrohistory affects microhistory of each person. The novel “History” is a chronicle novel supported by various evidences as well as life experience of the writer. The language and style of the novel also corresponds to the genre of chronicle absolutely. The main thesis: an art is the only way to defend from the violation of history and unreality of modern world.

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• Published: March 17, 2014.

Keywords

• итальянская литература
• история
• Эльза Моранте
• роман
• военная литература
• Italian literature
• history
• Elsa Morante
• novel
• military literature

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