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The portrait of Charles de Gaulle in R. Gary’s novel The Night Will Be Calm as a cultural biography experience (OPEN ACCESS)

Stepanova A.A.

Alfred Nobel University, Dnipro, Ukraine, anika102@yandex.ru

Abstract

The article investigates the image of Charles de Gaulle as a synthesis of biography, history and culture. The portrait of Ch. de Gaulle in R. Gary’s novel is considered as a reconstruction of the image of a historical personality at the crossroads between the three types of literature – fiction, publicist and documentary-historical. The author analyzes the correlation between de Gaulle’s biography and the biography / history of France, which is clearly expressed in the novel, and comprehended by R. Gary in the context of culture of the memory.

Keywords

image of Ch. de Gaulle; history of France; portrait; cultural biography; culture of memory

For citing: Stepanova A.A. (2022). The portrait of Charles de Gaulle in R. Gary’s novel The Night Will Be Calm as a cultural biography experience. Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol. 3(51): Power of literature – writer and authorities, pp. 36-55. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2022.03.02

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