The long short story “In the trenches of Stalingrad” by V. P. Nekrasov and heroic and patriotic traditions of the Russian classics
The article is devoted to the influence of the Russian heroic traditions on characters of the long short story "In the trenches of Stalingrad" (the original edition in 1946) by V.P. Nekrasov, who took part in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942-1943 years. Today the creative legacy of the writer, who had to immigrate in 1974 due to ideological disagreements with authorities, has returned to readers of our country and the story under analyses is included in the school and universities Curricular. It is of big value in patriotic education of the young, because the artistic image of the young commander of the Red Army, the author-narrator in the story "In the trenches of Stalingrad", clearly discloses the process of the spiritual growth of the defender of motherland. The historical and functional method of research allows to show features of perception by characters, soldiers of the Stalingrad front, of works of the Russian classical literature, primarily those, which were created by talented authors and combat officers -M.Yu. Lermontov and L.N. Tolstoy, who experienced the severity of the front life and the soldier's duty. The system method of research allows to study all the elements of the work: the title, the system of characters, the author's position - in unity, leading to the conclusion: in the year of the Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War the growing readers' attention to this work is explained by the fact that the characters' dispositions are viewed in the context of centuries-old Russian national culture, which during the Battle of Stalingrad was more important for the Red Army soldiers than ideological calls and slogans.