The Story of the Beating of a Horse in V. Nekrasov’s Story “In the Trenches of Stalingrad”
Journal: Studies in Theory of Literary Plot and Narratology
Year: 2025

In the article, the genesis, structure and semantics of the plot about a beaten horse are outlined. The research methodology is based on the techniques and methods of structuralsemiotic and intertextual approaches, as well as motive analysis. Traditionally, a horse is associated with a suffering person / peasantry / people / humanity. The principle of psychological parallelism underlies the metaphorical implementation of the plot in the works of Russian and foreign writers of the 19th and 20th c