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- Title
AN EMPATHETIC ACCOUNT OF AN APOCALYPSE: A VIGNETTE OF SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH'S VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL.
- Authors
Eden, Navya; Michael, Cynthia Catherine
- Abstract
Svetlana Alexievich, the Belarusianjournalist has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prizein literature for her "polyphonic 'writings, a monument to suffering and courage". Voices from Chernobyl is an oral history of numerous human testimonies and the voices of those caught in the labyrinth of nuclear web. This article is an exploration of the consciousness of the survivors and the victims, speaking eloquently that one has been exposed to, forced into, as a pawn in a great geopolitical game, depicting the elements of personal anguish, self-pity, philosophical outpourings, blamingfate and criticizing the government. Itis also an assessment of the public outpourings for the narrator, for the readers and for the author and whether such documentary exercises serve any therapeutic or practical purposes.
- Subjects
ALEKSIEVICH, Svetlana, 1948-; NOBEL Prize in Literature; SUFFERING; COURAGE; CONSCIOUSNESS
- Publication
Literary Endeavour, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
0976-299X
- Publication type
Article