Великая Отечественная война

The article traces the transformation of the corporeal imagery in the poetry of the thirteen key war-veteran poets, who started writing in the war years and continued to create during the Thaw: O. Berggolts, S. Gudsenko, Yu. Drunina, Yu. Levitansky, A. Mezhirov, B. Okudzhava, N. Panchenko, D. Samoylov, I. Selvinsky, K. Simonov, B. Slutsky, Ya. Smelyakov, A. Tvardovsky. In the course of the analysis six types of corporeal images are revealed in the works of the authors under study: sensor, morbual, mortal, mnemonic, age and gender oriented.

A peer-reviewed two-volume book of the memoirs was written by a person passionate about his work. Real, genuine speech is heard here, giving away both a Moscovite, a scientist, and a personality with a magnificent sarcastic flair. The memoirs of V. S. Veselovskiy Problems of Our Life are one of the most informative, noticeable and interesting publications of this kind in the 21st century Russia, and they should be included in the mandatory reading list for the students of humanities.