On methodological approaches to the study of memoirs

the article discusses the main theoretical approaches to the analysis of memoirs as a genre of historical literature in order to justify the choice of methodology for the study of George Zhukov's memoirs. A comparative analysis of narrative, discursive, biographical, sociocultural, psychoanalytic and critical historiographical approaches is carried out. Based on empirical data and theoretical reasoning, a comprehensive methodological framework is proposed that combines narrative, biographical, and socio-cultural methods with elements of discursive and critical analysis. This approach allows us to comprehensively reveal the features of the text, the personality of the author and the historical and cultural context of the creation of memoirs, providing a deep and critical understanding of the source. This work is of interest to researchers of historical memoiristics, methodology of historical research and cultural studies.

memoirs, Georgy Zhukov, theoretical approaches, narrative analysis, biographical method, socio-cultural analysis, discursive approach, critical historiography, historical memoir studies, research methodology