“Manifest…” (1987) as a Literary and Social Program of the Association of Young Writers “Tuteyshyya” (“Locals”)

Abstract

The article deals with the literary and social program of the Association of Young Writers “Tuteyshyya” (“Locals", 1986–1989), which played an important role in the formation of the new Belarus literature and gave the name to a whole generation of writers. The program of the Association is set in a Manihvestse Tuteyshyh (Manifest of the Locals), written by Sergei Dubovtsev at the request of Ales Beliatski and Anatoly Sys. Analyzing the legendary text, the author of the article comes to the conclusion that the prevalence of social and political ideas of the aesthetic program “Tuteyshyh” and emphasizes the collective nature of the Manifest…, the main provisions of which are reflected in the individual speeches of the Association’s participants in the Belarusian press in 1987–1989.