<i>The Public Burning</i>: "Play[ing] games with the evidence, manipulat[ing] language itself, mak[ing] History a partisan ally?"

Opinion Of The Modern Youth On Falsification Of Historical And Social Facts

“…It is no accident that scientists turn to the topic of falsification of facts of history, which is confirmed in the publications of several authors. Grmusa (2009) in "The public burning: "Play[ing] games with the evidence, manipulat [ing] language itself, mak[ing] history a partisan ally?" (p. 79) considers the correlation of historical facts and artistic representation in literary prose.…”

“…(p. 79) considers the correlation of historical facts and artistic representation in literary prose. Based on the example of an artistic novel, a study is conducted of the process of combining facts and fabricated evidence, combining historical figures, public evidence quotes from newspapers, dates and other real data with falsifications (Grmusa, 2009). The author emphasizes that the use of such techniques allows the manipulation of public consciousness in favour of certain social groups (Ivashova et al, 2018;Tikhonovskova et al, 2019).…”