[Między świadectwem a ironią: punkty widzenia w „Czarnobylskiej modlitwie. Kronice przyszłości” Swietłany Aleksijewicz]
Journal Title: Prace Filologiczne. Literaturoznawstwo - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 0
Abstract
The article is an analysis of Swietlana Alexievich’s book Chernobyl Prayer. A Chronicle of the Future and aims to examine its predominant narrative strategies. The author points to the role of monologues, mottos, irony, titles, and subtitles, which help to describe the process of showing the witness’ point of view and, simultaneously, Alexievich’s interpretation of the gathered data.
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Magdalena Horodecka
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