"Trench truth" - Yesterday and Today

Abstract

The tradition of lieutenant prose (V.Nekrasov, Ju.Bondarev, G.Baklanov etc.) in products of the young authors writing about the Afghan and Chechen wars is considered; the autobiographical beginning defining type of a narration is analyzed: affinity to documentary realism, reporting notes.

Keywords

• war, "lieutenant prose", tradition, modern military prose, autobiographical beginning