V. DOMASHEVICH’S NOVEL «THE FINNISH SAUNA, OR IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT» (2006): TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE
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The article reflects the theme of the Finnish campaign of 1939, which is insufficiently covered in Belarusian literature, and is realistically presented in V. Domashevich's military novel «The Finnish bathhouse, or it's hard to believe it». The events in the work are shown in a dramatized, detailed manner, they are localized in space. A variety of stylistic techniques contribute to the disclosure of a tense plot, among which such tropes as metaphors, epithets and repetitions stand out. The dramatization of the plot is achieved through the use of vivid landscape sketches, color composites and a kind of sound recording. The author uses the traditional method of showing the escape of the main character in Russian literature, which is typical for a number of Belarusian works about the war.
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T. BAGARADAVA, Euphrosyne Polotskaya State University of Polotsk
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