National Idea and Its Creative Realisation in M. A. Sholokhov’s Short Story “Fate of a Man”
The article uncovers specifics of the national idea’s creative realisation in M. A. Sholokhov’s work “Fate of a Man” devoted to the heroism displayed by the Russian people during the Great Patriotic War. The study aims to discover the true meaning behind the national idea by contraposing it against the fascist idea in the aspect of universal moral values. The study is novel in that the author considers the national idea by means of literary material proving that the character’s actions embody stable concepts and specific features of the Russian people’s psyche. The attained results have shown that the national idea entails remembrance of the Great Patriotic War, the modern society focusing on timeless values and their continuity in the future.