The Anticommunist Resistance in the Novel of the ”Obsessive Decade” - Historical Truth and Propaganda Cover Image
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Rezistenţa anticomunistă în romanul «Obsedantului deceniu» - realitate istorică şi propagandă
The Anticommunist Resistance in the Novel of the ”Obsessive Decade” - Historical Truth and Propaganda

Author(s): Mihaela-Claudia Iancu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea Petrol-Gaze din Ploieşti
Keywords: Anti-communist resistance; historical truth; discrediting a myth; obedience; defiance

Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims to analyse the relation between historical truth and propaganda in the novels written under Ceauşescu's regime about the "obsessive decade?, the first decade of communism in Romania. As a case study, we try to discover to what extent the literary image of the anti-communist fighter hiding in the mountains follows the historical truth and to what extent it is the result of the stories spread by the officers from the feared secret service "Securitate?. We also discuss the relation between defying the regime and serving the purposes of the political leader in the novels about the so-called „obsessive decade”.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 31-38
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English