Notes on the story of the young people

If we look at the stories published in the literary press over the past few years, what is striking is the fact that young authors are less and less satisfied with bare declarations, with the noisy and placard expression of ideas, that the tendency to call things by their real names, to bring the writer closer to reality, is becoming more and more necessary. Approaching life is no longer a slogan, but a starting, artistic ideological position, without which a real work of art cannot be created. Far behind are the fictional, sugar-coated heroes, the dead virtues. The optimism in a number of stories about everyday work is born as a result of a more concrete look at reality. More and more sought-after, exceptional conflicts give way to characters and experiences, to heroism that is born in everyday life, in the sphere of small, everyday incidents, in the ordinary working life of people. Two main starting points move the young people on their creative path: personal observation, the desire to gather direct life material, and a great faith in man, in socialist justice. On the basis of this realistic view, the combination between the truthful reflection of difficulties and the heroism of labor, between realism and romantic pathos, is increasingly clearly outlined.