Uladzimira Karatkēviča daiļdarbi : rekonstrukcija kā vēsturiskās atmiņas atjaunošanas metode

Historical reconstruction is a complex of methods and procedures hinged on the comparison between the remaining direct or indirect data and different sources whose aim is to restore/reconstruct lost or unattested conditions, forms and phenomena, based on which the model of knowledge of the past is formed. As a literary method reconstruction is meant to reconstitute the typical features of a given culture in their entirety, including its mythological, ritual, and ceremonial set of values, as well as all the social norms, the magical practices, and other basic elements of a certain worldview, which are common for a given ethnic group, people or nation. In the context of presentation and implementation of the historical theme in Belarusian literature one should pay attention to the transformation of a traditional approach to history into a modern discourse. Uladzimir Karatkievič referred to some of the major events, characterizing the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, then undertook a massive reconstruction of that period.