Tragic theme of the XX century in the treatment of Vasil Bykov
The article consists of a brief thinking on the essence of the tragic tone and analysis of two novels of Bykov in terms, how the tragic contradictions appear in these works. In this regard, we analyze the fate of the main characters - Sotnikov, Rybak ("Sotnikov") Suschenya ("In the Fog"), evaluate their characters, their degree of conformity to moral principles.