The journalistic component of V. Grossman’s prose of the mid-1930s. Critical controversy
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-10-42-66
Abstract
The article analyzes the critical reception of V. Grossman’s story “Glukauf” as well as his short stories published in the mid-1930s. Primary attention is paid to the political side of these texts and its construing in Soviet periodicals. It is concluded that the controversy was not only due to aesthetic factors, but also due to those political: namely – the rivalry between the leaders of Soviet Writers’ Union and those in charge of the so-called “Agitprop”.
About the Author
Yu. G. Bit-Yunan
Russian State University for the Humanities; Presidential Academy; HSE University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yurii G. Bit-Yunan, Dr. of Sci. (Philology), Russian State University for the Humanities
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Bit-Yunan Yu.G. The journalistic component of V. Grossman’s prose of the mid-1930s. Critical controversy. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2025;(10):42-66. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-10-42-66
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