Russian Letters from the Front: Egodocuments and Witnesses of Time

This article studies letters written by Russians from the front in various wars of the twentieth century. The letter from the front is an intimate egodocument; it speaks about the attitude of a combatant in the context of the front and its circumstances while, at the same time, providing a reflectio...

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Main Author:	Elena Rozhdestvenskaia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari - Università di Padova 2020-12-01
Series:	Avtobiografija
Subjects:	letters from the front military professionalism military work narrative symbolic meaning of the war
Online Access:	https://www.avtobiografija.com/index.php/avtobiografija/article/view/231

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spelling	doaj-206a6ab8ebc940ec94806834205e40ac2021-01-31T15:20:37ZengDipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari - Università di PadovaAvtobiografija2281-69922020-12-010943546210.25430/2281-6992/v9-023228Russian Letters from the Front: Egodocuments and Witnesses of TimeElena RozhdestvenskaiaThis article studies letters written by Russians from the front in various wars of the twentieth century. The letter from the front is an intimate egodocument; it speaks about the attitude of a combatant in the context of the front and its circumstances while, at the same time, providing a reflection of the discursive regime of the era that defined and shaped the dominant modes of written communication of the author. A socially oriented narrative analysis of letters from the front allows us to outline the professional attitude to war, the evolution of military professionalism, military ethos and public discourse about it.https://www.avtobiografija.com/index.php/avtobiografija/article/view/231letters from the frontmilitary professionalismmilitary worknarrativesymbolic meaning of the war
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title	Russian Letters from the Front: Egodocuments and Witnesses of Time
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description	This article studies letters written by Russians from the front in various wars of the twentieth century. The letter from the front is an intimate egodocument; it speaks about the attitude of a combatant in the context of the front and its circumstances while, at the same time, providing a reflection of the discursive regime of the era that defined and shaped the dominant modes of written communication of the author. A socially oriented narrative analysis of letters from the front allows us to outline the professional attitude to war, the evolution of military professionalism, military ethos and public discourse about it.
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Russian Letters from the Front: Egodocuments and Witnesses of Time

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