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The Collapse of the Romantic Illusions in the Story of Bulat Okudzhava "Be Healthy, Schoolboy"

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The story "Be healthy, scholar" - a unique phenomenon of the Russian Soviet literature of the twentieth century. The heroes of the war of prose and poetry of the time was not supposed to think about the proximity of death, of hunger on the front line, about the confusion in the orders, feelings of loneliness and hopelessness. Authors of books on military subjects portrayed brave people, ideological fighters against fascism. Writer Okudzhava departed from the prescribed literature templates and showed war as seen through the eyes of yesterday's schoolboy. 60 years of the last century were a period of "thaw" not only in the socio-political life of the country, but also in literature. For a little while, but strict censorship was lifted and the opportunity to write honestly about his own military experience. After all, the story is autobiographical Okudzhava: it is about him - yesterday the boy, who was dressed in a soldier's greatcoat and sent to war. Tale of how the scholar wants to live and afraid of death, ready to give their lives for their country, but would prefer, if possible, not to give up. Brutal military weekdays saved the young hero of the story psevdoromanticheskogo nonsense, revealing the truth - in war there is nothing great. "War can not be great" - openly declared Okudzhava. Only a convinced pacifist courage allowed the writer to express a point of view is radically different from the conventional. Research task article - evaluate the novel by Bulat Okudzhava "Be Healthy, scholar" as an attempt to debunk the literary romantic myths about the war in the Russian literature of the twentieth century. author of the article believes thatBulat Okudzhava's story reflects the realities of war and is indispensable in the study of front-line prose. The focus of the paper, the author focuses on the fact that people in war is left alone with his weaknesses, fears, pain.

Published in History Research (Volume 7, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.history.20190702.12
Page(s) 32-37
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Keywords

Okudzhava, The Collapse of Romantic Illusions, War Story "Bless You, The Student", The Story of the War, The Military Reality, Prose About the War

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