PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO NOVEL “THE BATTALIONS REQUEST FIRE” OF THE WAR PROSE WRITER YURI BONDAREV

Abstract

Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) became an important theme in the 20th century arts
including literature. This theme was unfolded in the works of the writers of the war period, and
each of them portrayed the war according to their own piierceptions. One of them is the war
prose writer Yuri Bondarev who is a follower of Leo Tolstoy’s anti-war tradition. Yu.Bondarev’s
works are full of the truth related to the psychological disaster cause by war. One of the author’s
works reflecting this truth is his novella “The Battalions Request Fire”. Moral and mental
changes produced in people’s lives by war are clearly traced in the novella.
This paper presents an effort to analyse Yu.Bondarev’s “The Battalions Request Fire” in
the light of the resources psychology provides for the analysis of literary works. Our aim was to
demonstrate the way psychology is applied in the analysis of the works of literature, and to
make a contribution to the research in the area of the psychology of literature

Authors

Badegül Can Emir

Keywords

Юрий Бондарев, русская литература, военная проза, психология

Publication Information

Publication Date

January 14, 2016

Submission Date

November 13, 2015

Accepted Date

December 21, 2015

Volume

4

Issue

8

Year

2016

Pages

1-12

Language

Other

Status

Published

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DOI

10.33692/avrasyad.509193

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