Жанр медицинской повести в русской литературе (конец XIX–XXI вв.)
The Genre of the Medical Story in Russian Literature (late 19th–21st centuries)

Author(s): Alina Solomonova
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Health and medicine and law, Theory of Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: narratology; literary genesis; corporality in fiction literature; thanatopoetics; medical prose;
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to examine a sociocultural situation that influenced the creation of a medical story-genre. The genre includes fictional works with a situation of a medical treatment. The characters of these stories are a physician and a patient. One or both of them think about illness, death or health, and they turn local subjects into philosophical reflection. Illness or death do not act as a simple shocking feature, but expand new narrative, poetic and thematic horizons. The medical context in fiction enriches and modifies themes, basic fictional situations and narratives. The paper focuses on the poetic features and influence of the works of 19th–20th century (works of Chekhov, Bulgakow, etc.) on the modern prose of writers-physicians. It highlights the landmarks of a genre genesis and points out the specific writers’ implications and the intertextual connections.

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