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The article shows the importance of a tale “Breughel à l’Yser” in the context of the Franz Hellens’ identity transformation which takes place during the First World War. On the one hand, in his tale Hellens refers by different means to the Breughel’s oeuvre continuing in that way the myth of Belgian writer perceived as a heir of the Flemish painters. On the other hand, via the landscape, the typical element of the Flemish master’s style, the writer introduces the elements of fantasy into a realistic description of a battlefield, creating in that way his own aesthetics of “fantastique reel” (fantastic reality). Thus, this tale enables to examine how Hellens passes fluently from the “inherited identity” to the mature writer’s identity.
EN
The article shows the importance of a tale “Breughel à l’Yser” in the context of the Franz Hellens’ identity transformation which takes place during the First World War. On the one hand, in his tale Hellens refers by different means to the Breughel’s oeuvre continuing in that way the myth of Belgian writer perceived as a heir of the Flemish painters. On the other hand, via the landscape, the typical element of the Flemish master’s style, the writer introduces the elements of fantasy into a realistic description of a battlefield, creating in that way his own aesthetics of “fantastique reel” (fantastic reality). Thus, this tale enables to examine how Hellens passes fluently from the “inherited identity” to the mature writer’s identity.