Human wars, in their eternal struggles, have always changed the features of homelands. Likewise, people have not escaped from them, like a stone. If a person’s body is delivered and he is saved, he may not surrender himself, according to what some psychologists believe, but what is the impact of war on literature in particular?
And because literature is polite and purifying for the human soul, as it is said, many writers have become described as gentle and fragile from the inside, so the writer, like buildings, is crushed by what is left by destruction and death. Who will restore the writer to his previous era, if he is infected with the taint of ideology?
War has two forms, one in which some writers produced great literature, taking from it a raw material for their texts that conveyed to us the suffering of nations in the face of pain and harm inflicted on them, as this type serves a great human purpose.
As for its second form, it generated texts that float on its surface and delve into the depth of the ideologies of the warring parties, and this form has many indications, including what came in the perpetuation and glorification of some war leaders, which pushed people to the Holocaust at the expense of their homelands.
In this corner, Al Jazeera Net opens a window for writers from the Russian and Ukrainian people to express their opinion about the fate of literature during and after the war, and about their opinions about what some writers of wars or their opponents say, and some unions, and about the position of their peoples towards it, and the duty of the writer and his humanitarian position towards accepting The war or its rejection and its explicit declaration, the bias of the writer to his homeland, even if he was the initiator of the war, or the alignment of the human being who crosses nationality and nationalism, that is, the militarization and ideologization of literature.
The author of the novel "The Investigator of the Bald Mountain" Alexander Prokovich was born on November 24, 1969 in Kyiv, the USSR, then moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to establish and head there the publishing house "Astrel".
The novel "The Ship of Crimea" by Russian writer Alexander Prokovich (communication sites)
Aleksandr Prokovic is a writer and screenwriter. He has written and published many novels and research, including "The Bald Mountain Commandos", "The Crimean Ship", "The Bald Mountain Investigator" and "Another End of the World - A Nonfiction Book", in addition to a book on literary skills, "A Course for a Beginner Author". , he also organized and supervised what is known as the literary courses "The ingenuity of the text". To the dialogue:
What is the attitude of the Russian people to the war in general?
And the position of the Russian Writers Union in particular, and your personal position in particular?
I do not think that there is a position of the Russian people, moreover, if we are talking about Russia, we are talking about a number of nationalities and Russian citizens, so the opinions are different, for many reasons, including personal relations, awareness, intellectual level and so on.
I think most people today support their government.
The position of the Union of Russian Writers, of course, is the same as that of the government, because it is in fact a governmental body.
In my opinion, any war is a failure of foreign policy.
Any war - in general - should not exist.
Do you not think that it is the writer's duty to reject wars and announce that?
Any normal person should reject war, this is self-evident, like brushing teeth or saying hello.
He should not kill people.
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I also hope that writers fall into the category of normal people.
As for the announcement or non-advertisement - that is, disclosure or not - this is a private matter, especially in Russia, as this difference may be a penalty.
Does the writer stand for the human side, whatever his drink is?
Or is it necessary for him to align himself with his homeland first, even if his homeland is the aggressor?
It seems to me that if the question of nationality or nationality is presented to a person in general, and he makes a decision in the light of it, this is anti-human, I think that there is no such thing as a general rule, and we form part of the nation, like the government, or any of its inhabitants, which is Only a part, and you have to live with it or replace the homeland, lining up for it or not lining up.
Rather, this topic is about participation or non-participation in the political agenda.
I repeat what I said;
Nobody owes anyone anything, this is a personal matter.
Do wars contribute to creating a different literature?
Perhaps all the clashes can be some kind of food for the writer, but it is best to know by browsing the archives.
Certainly, the war will provide some of the literature of testimonies, or the literature of evidence, and the rest depends on the ability and talent of the author.
But I'm afraid there's a lot of hate in those texts.
What do you think of the militarization of literature, will literature return to militarization?
With regard to Russian literature, the theme of victorious war, the conquest of empires, is very much done, everything is done here.
In general, great and great literature is not a subject, but conjecture and speculation.