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Zamiatin's We

Zamiatin's We

Russell, Robert
Russell, Robert

Paperback

Series: Critical Studies in Russian Literature

RussianLiterary CriticismFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 185399393X
ISBN13: 9781853993930
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Feb 24 2000
Pages: 137
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.46 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Evgenii Zamiatin's seminal antiutopian satire We (written 1920-1) is one of the most celebrated works of twentieth century Russian literature. Set one thousand years in the future, it is a witty yet terrifying picture of a future society in which reason is all-conquering and mankind has been enslaved by a dictator called 'the benefactor'. This new study presents both a synthesis of existing criticism and a new reading of the novel. The first section deals with We in the context of the Russian Civil War, showing how Zamiatin's contemporaries interpreted it as a satire on life in Soviet Russia. The major trends in the diverse body of modern criticism are then surveyed. The longer second part of the study consists of a detailed reading of the novel based on close textual analysis of the forty 'entries' of its narrator's diary.

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