LITERARY STUDIES DOI:10.17951/sb.2021.15.187-199 Studia Bialorutenistyczne 15/2021 Belarusian Studies 15/2021 ISSN: 1898-0457 e-ISSN: 2449-8270 Licence: CC BY 4.0 Beata Siwek The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Poland) e–mail: beata.siwek@kul.pl https://orcid.org/0000–0002–0742–3431 Poetycki model prozy Iwana Ptasznikaua (na przykładzie opowieści Lonwa) Poetical Model of Ivan Ptasznikau’s Prose (on the example of the novel Łonwa) Паэтычная мадэль прозы Івана Пташнікава (на прыкладзе аповесці Лонва) Abstract This article is devoted to an issue of the poetry of Ivan Ptasznikau’s prose that is illustrated on the example of one of the most signifcant texts written by this Belarusian author titled Łonwa (1964). The novel is built around historical issues (events from The Second World War and its consequences) and makes a perfect example of a conscious creation of a narrative language, dialogues and characters’ monologues on a strategy basis and techniques typical of poetic texts. It is proved not only by countless metaphors and comparisons, behind which the author was hiding a painful wartime reality but also by excellent syntax organisation that brings out new semantic spaces of the piece. Ivan Ptasznikau mixes various types of repetition (anaphors, epiphors and concatenations) within relatively short sections in an incredibly skillful way and uses sound values from the repetitiveness of letters and syllables (their multiplications or prolongations), thanks to which he creates a very suggestive space, saturated with colours, sounds and smells that are used not necessarily as a background for characters or events but as a means to shape senses and meanings that emerge from the plot. What is particularly interesting is the fact that he combines a narrative level with a feature level by using sound and rhetorical devices and a peculiar linguistic and stylistic over–organization. Particular words, recurring phrases and systematically recurring strategies and syntax tricks (especially those that form the so–called poetry of atmosphere) bond these two levels together, broadening the interpretation feld of the whole piece. Keywords: poetics, narrative strategies, sound organization, space, rhythm of prose Pobrane z czasopisma Studia Bia?orutenistyczne http://bialorutenistyka.umcs.pl Data: 15/04/2022 19:35:02 UMCS