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Soviet Literature as it Pertains to The Great Patriotic War

Soviet Literature as it Pertains to The Great Patriotic War. By: Alex, Anna, and Corey. Soviet Writers Union. “The Union is being created not only to unite writers in a physical sense, but so that a professional union should make them aware of their COLLECTIVE strength.” Maxim Gorky

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Soviet Literature as it Pertains to The Great Patriotic War

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  1. Soviet Literature as it Pertains to The Great Patriotic War By: Alex, Anna, and Corey

  2. Soviet Writers Union • “The Union is being created not only to unite writers in a physical sense, but so that a professional union should make them aware of their COLLECTIVE strength.” Maxim Gorky • “The new literature should remain individual in its forms and Socialist-Leninist in its fundamental governing ideas.” Maxim Gorky

  3. Konstantin Simonov • Born: November, 1915 • Began writing poetry after moving to Moscow • Gorky Literary Institute • Great Patriotic War • 1946- Travels to US • Novy Mir • Central Committee of the Communist Party • Won Lenin Prize, 1947 • 1977 Hero of Social Labor • Died: August 28th, 1979 Moscow

  4. Days and Nights (Dni e Nochi) • Summary • Captain Aleksei Ivanovich Saburov • Elton • Anya • German Attacks • Order of Lenin • Order of the Red Star • Themes • Soldier • Reasons for fighting • Socialist View of Women • Underlying Communist Philosophy • The Enemy • Stalin

  5. Pyotr Pavlenko • Born: June 29, 1899 • Saint Petersburg, Russia • Political Affiliations: • Bolshevik Party • Red Army (political worker) • Soviet Trade Mission • Occupations: • Wrote film scripts • Wrote novels • Journalist • War Correspondent • Awards: • Four Stalin Prizes (1941, 1947, 1948, and 1950)

  6. Happiness • Summary • Colonel Aleksei Veniaminovich Voropaev • Cherkassova movement • Stalin • Love • Communistic references • Heroism is organized; it is not elemental • Joy of fighting • Portrayal of Germans • To hell with wealth! • Description of Churchill • View of Americans

  7. Valentin Kataev • Born: January 28, 1897 Odessa • Began writing as a soldier in WWI • Served in Red Army after October Revolution • Early works were satiric or comic • 1930’s after visit to Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station works turned more serious • Served in WWII as a war correspondent for Pravda and Krasnaya Zvezda • 1955-founded Yunost • Died: April 12, 1986 Moscow

  8. The Son of the Regiment • Summary • Communist Themes Throughout • Description of Vanya • Portrayal of Germans • Country before individual • Requirements of a hero • Stalin Prize Winner, 1946

  9. Summary • Negative Portrayal of Germans • Description of a Hero • Stalin and his Cult of Personality

  10. References • http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/Russlit_SovietLiterature1917-39.asp • http://www.slavweb.com/eng/Russia/literat-e.html • http://www.sovlit.com/ • http://www.sovlit.com/bios/union.html • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSwriters.htm

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