ANTI-SEMITISM IN RUSSIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XXTH CENTURY. THREATS AND MANIFESTATIONS
ANTI-SEMITISM IN RUSSIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XXTH CENTURY. THREATS AND MANIFESTATIONS
Author(s): Paula MureşanSubject(s): Cultural history, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Social history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), History of Antisemitism
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Judaism; Christianism; history; anti-Semitism; Tsarist Regime;
Summary/Abstract: Ethnic oppression is a recurrent theme in world literature. Anti-Semitism in Russia during the rule of Tsar Nicholas the Second is revealed in the novel entitled The Fixer. Awarded with Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the book portrays the abuses to which an innocent man is subjected to. In a corrupt world, Yakov Bok, an innocent Jew sent to jail for a crime he did not commit, represents a model of individual salvation, a character that proves moral integrity. The present article tries to enlighten the relationship of a Jew with God when he is pushed at the limits of the human condition.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 589-594
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English