WAR EXPERIENCE AND ITS REFLECTION IN GEORGES BERNANOS’ POLITICAL WRITING AND NOVELS

The article analyzes the reflection of 20th century’s war experiences both in fictional writing and political pamphlet Georges Bernanos, a representative Catholic Literary Revival movement French interwar literature. A chronological classification entire writer’s heritage connected with subject is offered divided into three periods. most texts are proposed for each. Further research attention devoted to early period, namely experience First World War, which author participated as combatant, problems first novel «Under Sun Satan» (1926). novel, does not directly talk about its plot, nevertheless classified warlike. Metaphysical evil deterioration human soul regarded main ideological constants through images two protagonists novel. Emphasis made on animalistic image rooted biblical tradition creation saint is, according only answer triumph evil, he saw his own eyes during war. explicit manifestation Civil War Spain 1936-1939, witnessed by author, reinforced eschatology prophetic nature narrative, well use archetypes denote violence, analyzed base «The Great Cemeteries under Moon» (1938). It this that becomes turning point biography who right-wing nationalist discovers himself illogical impossibility supporting Franco regime, because terror. This very problem mass violence propensity were using theory mimetic anthropologist R. Girard.