vestihИзвестия Национальной академии наук Беларуси. Серия гуманитарных наукProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Humanitarian Series2524-23692524-2377The Republican Unitary Enterprise Publishing House "Belaruskaya Navuka"10.29235/2524-2369-2026-71-1-65-73vestih-1115Research ArticleЛИТЕРАТУРОВЕДЕНИЕLITERATURE STUDIESсовременная литература, метафора, власть, иерархия, игра, стереотип Для цитирования: Лиденкова, О. А. Образы и метафоры власти в современной исторической прозе Беларуси и БританииImages and metaphors of power in contemporary fiction of Belarusian and British authorshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8644-6406ЛиденковаО. А.LidenkovaO. A.

Лиденкова Ольга Александровна – кандидат филологических наук, доцент

ул. Советская, 104, 246028, Гомель

Olga А. Lidenkova – Ph. D. (Philol.), Associate Professor

104 Sovetskaya Str., Gomel 246028

hollin7@gmail.comГомельский государственный университет им. Ф. СкориныFrancisk Skorina Gomel State University2026020220267116573Copyright © Лиденкова О.А., 20262026Лиденкова О.А.Lidenkova O.A.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://vestihum.belnauka.by/jour/article/view/1115

Начиная с 1960-х гг. обращенность к историческим темам стала одной из преобладающих тенденций в мировой литературе. Статья посвящена выявлению универсальных элементов в понимании и репрезентации темы власти и общественной иерархии в прозе белорусских и британских писателей конца ХХ – начала ХХI века (Л. Дайнеко, О. Ипатовой, Л Рублевской, С. Балахонова, А. Наварича, К. Тарасова, Х. Мантел, Дж. Крейса, Б. Ансуорта и др.). Проблема власти наряду с проблемой идентичности и травмы является одной из центральных в современных художественных репрезентациях прошлого. При ее разработке авторы активно обращаются к древним метафорам театра и игры (образы шахмат, марионеток, батлейки, игры в го). При ближайшем рассмотрении гендерное распределение иерархических полномочий между героями противоречит сложившимся стереотипам о различии женской и мужской прозы. При этом внимание писателей смещается с внешнего политического аспекта к влиянию власти на личность, психику персонажей, актуализируя идею о том, что именно конкретная персона, а не обстоятельства, народ или природная детерминированность являются движущей силой исторического процесса.

Starting from the second half of the 20th century critics have extensively written about a pronounced historical turn in contemporary fiction. At the beginning 21st century the focus on historical themes has become one of the predominant trends in world literature. The article aims to identify universal elements in the understanding and representation of state power and social hierarchy in the historical fiction by Belarusian and British writers of the late XX – early XXI centuries (L. Daineko, O. Ipatova, L. Rublevskaya, S. Balakhonov, A. Navarich, K. Tarasov, H. Mantel, J. Crace, B. Unsworth and others). The problem of power, along with the problem of identity and trauma, is one of the central issues in contemporary fictional representations of the past. The authors actively turn to the ancient metaphors of theatre and board games (images of chess figures, puppetry, playing Go). On closer examination, the gender distribution of hierarchical powers between characters contradicts the prevailing stereotypes about the difference between female and male prose. At the same time, the attention of writers shifts from the external political aspect to the influence of power on the personality of a leader, actualizing the idea that it is a strong leader, and not circumstances, people or natural determinism that are the driving force of the historical process.

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