Between Testimony and Irony: Points of View in “Chernobyl Prayer. A Chronicle of the Future” by Swietlana Alexievich

• Authors: Magdalena Horodecka

Title variants

PL

Między świadectwem a ironią: punkty widzenia w „Czarnobylskiej modlitwie. Kronice przyszłości” Swietłany Aleksijewicz

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

literary reportage; Swietlana Alexievich; point of view; testimony; irony

PL

reportaż literacki; Swietłana Aleksiejewicz; punkt widzenia; świadectwo; ironia

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Prace Filologiczne. Literaturoznawstwo
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 8(11) cz.1
• Pages: 55-68

Dates

published

2019-06-28

Contributors

author

Magdalena Horodecka

• Uniwersytet Gdański

Identifiers

DOI

10.32798/pflit.54