Influence of the work of Svetlana Alexievich on the TV series Chernobyl
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | 11. Simpozija mladih slavistov: Dialog med središči in obrobji v slovanskih jezikih in literaturah |
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| web | Publikace příspěvků 11. Simpozija mladih slavistov: Dialog med središči in obrobji v slovanskih jezikih in literaturah |
| Keywords | Chernobyl; TV series; Alexievich; Influence |
| Description | In 1997, the Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich wrote the book Chernobyl Prayer, focusing on the nuclear disaster that altered the course of the world. However, her primary aim was to provide a voice to the individuals directly afflicted by the disaster. More than twenty years later, the HBO TV series Chernobyl endeavoured to depict this event in a new way, and Alexievich's work significantly influenced its creators. The objective of this paper is to investigate which aspects of the TV series drew inspiration from Alexievich’s book – whether it simply borrows certain plots, or if there are also similarities in the poetics of these otherwise dissimilar portrayals of the Chernobyl tragedy. |