Writing of Russian bards as a borderline of Soviet official and free literature Cover Image

Twórczość bardów rosyjskich jako pogranicze radzieckiej literatury oficjalnej i wolnej
Writing of Russian bards as a borderline of Soviet official and free literature

Author(s): Radosław Sławomirski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: creativity; bards; Russia; the Soviet Union; the culture; the culture official; unofficial culture; poetry; literature

Summary/Abstract: Communist totalitarianism in the USSR became a part of literature as an obligatory ideology, defining a boundary between its official type – enslaved, and free type – embracing tamizdat and samizdat. The borderline of these two types was established by writing of Russian bards, which can be perceived as official alternative type. The most marvelous phenomenon concerning the creativity consisted in a fact, that the bards neither attacked the official ideology nor were under the influence of its requirements. They showed a world of dreams and desires of ordinary people, what was extremely needed by Soviet society, enslaved by totalitarianism. Thanks to that their works were very popular and appreciated by the whole community.

  • Issue Year: 10/2013
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 291-301
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish