L. N. Tolstoy and A. T. Tvardovsky. On the Way to Epic
Journal: Two centuries of the Russian classics
Year: 2022

The article reveals the affinity of the world outlook, values and the ways of formation of the epic thinking of L. N. Tolstoi and A. T. Tvardovsky in their pre-epic sketches “Sevastopol Sketches” and “From Karelian Isthmus (The Front-line Notebook).” These works present their authors as the chroniclers of the on-going historical events, depicting their tragic character by different means of artistic expression. Both Tolstoi and Tvardovsky find the ways of depicting the epic image of the war frat