In the fog by Vasil Bykov: three theses to grammar of narrative intrigue of the prose

Abstract

Obviously, Vasil Bykov persistently carries out regular „escapes” in the so-called „guerrilla” prose. Haw it can be interpreted, and what aesthetic decisions are arising from consists the central issue of this article. So, the separate ways of narrative techniques of the writer’s story In the fog are considered. The special attention is given to the semantic effect of „stranger” words and system of kontrapunkts. All this is combined in a certain type of management of the artistic text, wich the author proposes to call as a grammar of narrative intrigue.