Mastering the Siege. Ideology and the Plot of the Leningrad Blockade and the Warsaw Uprising in Adamovich and Granin, and Białoszewski
Keywords:
literature and ideology, Slavic literatures, World War II, master narrative, Bakhtin, MikhailAbstract
Master narratives of the relief of major cities can find their counterparts in particular individual accounts of the same events. Whereas the former tend to be “monologic” and are characterized by an “epic” plot, the latter may display features of “polyphony” and plotlessness. Works by Adamovich and Granin, and by Białoszewski, serve as illustrations.References
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