THE ARTISTIC AND IDEOLOGICAL VALUE OF THE CONCEPTS OF “WAR” AND “PEACE”
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war and peace concepts, artistic value, ideological discourse, literary ethics, cultural memory, trauma narrative, humanistic interpretation, modern literatureAbstract
This article explores the artistic and ideological value of the concepts of war and peace as central categories of literary interpretation. Drawing on contemporary literary theory, cultural memory studies, and ethical criticism, the study examines how literary texts transform historical conflict into aesthetic form and moral reflection. War is analyzed as a narrative force that exposes ideological distortion, moral rupture, and the fragility of human values, while peace is interpreted as an ethical horizon grounded in responsibility, remembrance, and humanistic ideals. The research demonstrates that modern literature increasingly rejects heroic and triumphalist representations in favor of psychological depth, narrative fragmentation, and moral ambiguity. Through artistic strategies such as symbolism, characterization, and narrative structure, literature redefines war and peace as interdependent conceptual processes rather than opposing historical states. The findings highlight literature’s enduring role in mediating between trauma and meaning, affirming the relevance of artistic discourse as a space of ethical inquiry and cultural memory in the modern world.
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