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Natalia A. Merkuryeva
Natalia A. Merkuryeva, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Head of the Reading Center, Orel Regional Scientific Universal Public Library named after I.A. Bunin, Maxim Gorky St., 43, 302028 Orel, Russia.
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Abstract:
The article considers the problem of overcoming war as a production phenomenon hostile to human freedom, using М.М. Prishvin's Diary of 1939-1945. The research offers a comprehensive analysis of the image of Lyalya in the context of Prishvin's military theme. The power of "birth," established in a particular way in the maternal nature of a woman, overcomes the war. The creative personality that givesbirth contrasts with the figure of an "excellent student," associated with a pedantic German. The image of Lyalya (Valeria Dmitrievna Prishvina) embodies the creative energy of love in the context of Мikhail Prishvin's "military" diaries. Reflections on Lyalya, who did not physically know motherhood, intersect with the assertion of its greatness and the victory of a woman in the circumstances of destruction and triumphant death. The Мother of God in an earthly woman is the only thing that remains the driving force of life.