Tchevengur ‒ orphan novel or dystopia? Cover Image

Cevengur – roman al orfanilor sau distopie?
Tchevengur ‒ orphan novel or dystopia?

Author(s): Antoaneta Olteanu
Subject(s): Novel, Russian Literature, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Platonov; Tchevengur; distiopia; folk utopia; peasants; loneliness; social orphanage;

Summary/Abstract: The unfinished novel of Andrey Platonov, Tchevengur, remains one of the most intriguing pieces of soviet literature. Often interpreted as a dystopia, the novel opens to the reader as a composite book discussing the deepest problems of both Russian and Soviet Russia: mysticism, folk philosophy, men on the edge of society, original meanings of cooperation, self-support and devotion to nearest people. The paper is trying to analyze different approaches of the novel and to propose a different way of interpretation.

  • Issue Year: XLVIII/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 186-193
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian