Le Monde Concentrationnaire Et La Littérature Soviétique
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Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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In one of the most unflinching critical examinations of Soviet totalitarianism, Michel Heller chronicles how the Gulag — the vast Soviet concentration camp system — became not merely a historical atrocity but a defining force in the shaping of Soviet literature and culture. Set against the brutal ideological landscape of the USSR, this rigorous scholarly work argues that the concentrationary world permeated every layer of Soviet artistic and intellectual life, warping language, narrative, and human identity itself. Heller presents a meticulous analysis of canonical Soviet texts, unmasking the ways in which writers were forced to negotiate — or capitulate to — the omnipresent machinery of state repression. Published under the distinguished Slavica imprint by L'Age d'Homme, the work stands as a landmark contribution to both Slavic studies and the broader literary theory of totalitarian societies. Heller's style is at once forensic and deeply humane, illuminating the catastrophic cost of ideological conformity on artistic freedom and moral truth. A vital and sobering testament to the relationship between political terror and the written word, this volume leaves the reader questioning where literature ends and propaganda — or survival — begins.
Author: Michel Heller
Format: Paperback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY**
In one of the most unflinching critical examinations of Soviet totalitarianism, Michel Heller chronicles how the Gulag — the vast Soviet concentration camp system — became not merely a historical atrocity but a defining force in the shaping of Soviet literature and culture. Set against the brutal ideological landscape of the USSR, this rigorous scholarly work argues that the concentrationary world permeated every layer of Soviet artistic and intellectual life, warping language, narrative, and human identity itself. Heller presents a meticulous analysis of canonical Soviet texts, unmasking the ways in which writers were forced to negotiate — or capitulate to — the omnipresent machinery of state repression. Published under the distinguished Slavica imprint by L'Age d'Homme, the work stands as a landmark contribution to both Slavic studies and the broader literary theory of totalitarian societies. Heller's style is at once forensic and deeply humane, illuminating the catastrophic cost of ideological conformity on artistic freedom and moral truth. A vital and sobering testament to the relationship between political terror and the written word, this volume leaves the reader questioning where literature ends and propaganda — or survival — begins.