Form and Context Features of Literary Diaries (Based on the Literature of Post-Soviet Countries)
Journal: Bibliotekarz Podlaski Ogólnopolskie Naukowe Pismo Bibliotekoznawcze i Bibliologiczne
Year: 2024

The development of the diary has gone through a complex process, serving initially as a supplementary source for writing memoirs and gradually evolving into an independent literary form. The author’s diaries, which we consider examples of literary fiction, do not consist solely of informative entries written daily. Instead, the structure of these texts is more complex, incorporating poems, stories, letters, literary criticism, memoirs, and more. A study of diaries written during the Soviet perio