A response to alienation? The devil in Moscow in Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita Cover Image
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Réponse à l’aliénation ? Le diable à Moscou dans Le Maître et Marguerite de Mikhaïl Boulgakov
A response to alienation? The devil in Moscow in Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita

Author(s): Aikaterini-Maria Lakka
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, History of Philosophy
Published by: Classiques Garnier
Keywords: comparative literature; alienation; intertextuality; fantastic; devil;

Summary/Abstract: The devil's visit to Moscow is linked to alienation in Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. Alienation takes the form of the Freudian uncanny, of the state of silence provoked by censorship and of Margarita’s transformation into a witch to flee societal norms.

  • Issue Year: 2/2025
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 269-283
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: French
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