V. Grossman’s novel “Life and Fate” reviewed by conservative Soviet critics in the 1980s
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-6-12-25
Abstract
This work focuses on the specific features of the reception of V. Grossman’s novel “Life and Fate” in conservative Soviet press of the late 1980s. It is noted that most of the reviews appeared in two conservative journals:“Nash sovremennik” (“Our Contemporary”) and “Molodaya gvardiya” (“The Young Guard”). All the articles contained copious critical remarks which, in their turn, were all caused by the ethnic problems highlighted in the novel. The author’s attitude to those issues was usually qualified by the critics as being Russophobic and once the accusation was made, the plot of the novel would be neglected, which testifies to the fact of all the reviewers being biased.
About the Author
Yu. G. Bit-Yunan
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yury G. Bit-Yunan
bld. 6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, Russia, 125993
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Bit-Yunan Yu.G. V. Grossman’s novel “Life and Fate” reviewed by conservative Soviet critics in the 1980s. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2020;(6):12-25. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-6-12-25
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