Publication details
Rasskaz V. M. Garšina Trus kak put´ k utverždeniju ličnosti
| Title in English | The short story Trus by V. M. Garshin as a way to the self-determination of the personality |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | The article draws attention to the relation of the hero of the Garshin´s short story "Trus" (Coward) to war. The text of a quite complicated structure points to the contradiction which he sees in the attitude of society to death: death of a single man because of disease is a tragedy while death of thousands of soldiers in war is “normal” or even “heroism”. The hero of the story decides – drawn by the common attitude to war – to take part in it. His death by a stray bullet confirms his opinion of war as aberrant and senseless. In his diary he strives for one important right of a personality – not to surrender to common opinion but to have his own opinion, his own mind. |