N. V. Kondratieva (Izhevsk, Russia). Artistic originality of contemporary Udmurt prose about war (Based on the novel by E. Minnigaraeva “Where are you, son?”)

Artistic originality of contemporary Udmurt prose about war (Based on the novel by E. Minnigaraeva “Where are you, son?”)

Kondratieva Natalia V.,
Doctor of Philology, Director of the Institute of Udmurt Philology, Finno-Ugric Studies and Journalism, Udmurt State University (Izhevsk, Russia), nataljakondratjeva@yandex.ru

The article features the image of local wars based on the material of the modern Udmurt prose. Attention is paid to the metaphors of the human body and objects, which are dominant in the reception of war.

Keywords: modern Udmurt literature; Elena Minnigaraeva (Panfilova); prose about war; the First Chechen war; artistic originality; the image of the mother.

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