Cultural Codes in the Expression of National Identity in the Episode of Belarus on the Border of the Xx-Xxi Centuries

The purpose of this article is to reveal the features of the national worldview, noted in the epic works of Belarusian literature at the turn of the 20th – 21st centuries, in relation to the issue of national identity, when demonstrating which writers turn to cultural codes. When analyzing the views of researchers on the problem of national identity, it is advisable to highlight three aspects: determining the characteristics of the national character (answering the questions “who are we?”, “what are we?”); space-time continuum of the artistic picture of the world (answering the questions “where are we?”, “where are we from?”, “where are we going?”); cultural meanings, translated using cultural codes, when considering the dyads “us – them”, “us – alien” (the answer to the question “who are we with?”). The features of the representation of cultural codes in the epic works of modern Belarusian literature are determined in conjunction with consideration of the issue of national identity.