PERSONAL NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION AS REFLECTED IN THE NOVEL «BIRDS AND NESTS» BY YANKA BRYL

Abstract

The article dwells on the artistic representation of personal national self-determination as reflected in the autobiographical novel «Birds and Nests» by Yanka Bryl. The author of the article notes, that the national aspect of self-determination touches deeply the emotional sphere of the protagonist Ales Runevich; this indicates a special importance of the component in his view of himself. Yanka Bryl reveals in his novel that the process of national self-determination formation goes together with the formation of respect to other nations and even cosmopolitan views. The author of the article emphasizes that in the novel the national self-determination of the Belarusian characters manifests itself through common culture elements, such as love for the mother tongue, folklore, Belarusian literature; the sense of belonging to some territory, to which the desire for statehood and official recognition are added; the sense of national unity and solidarity.