The leitmotif of home in Yanka Bryl’s novel “Birds and nests” Cover Image

Лейтматыў дому ў рамане Янкi Брыля “Птушкi i гнëзды”
The leitmotif of home in Yanka Bryl’s novel “Birds and nests”

Author(s): Wolga Nikifarawa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Novel
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: leitmotif; lyrical novel; dwelling; house; Universe; time and space; homeland and foreign land; freedom and captivity

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses semantic complexity and fundamental structural importance of the leitmotif of home in Yanka Bryl’s lyrical novel “Birds and nests”. The searching of home and homeland is the most important factor in the evolution of Andrey Runevich, the main character of the novel. It also defines the content and the structure of the novel. Topos of home becomes one of the most principal leitmotifs which appears between sense poles of foreign land and homeland, captivity and freedom.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 139-154
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Belarusian