Soviet laugh-culture of wartime in the poem of Alexander Tvardovsky "Vassili Tyorkin" Cover Image

Радянська сміхова культура воєнного часу в поемі Олександра Твардовського "Василь Тьоркін"
Soviet laugh-culture of wartime in the poem of Alexander Tvardovsky "Vassili Tyorkin"

Author(s): Marina B. Stolyar
Subject(s): Russian Literature, Government/Political systems, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: soviet laugh-culture; totalitarian practices; titanism; sacral; profane; images of corporal bottom; philosophy of small pieces of joy;

Summary/Abstract: The article on methodological principles of modern Bakhtin studies is dedicated to the investigation of mythological and spiritual origin of A. Tvardovsky’s humor. The paper also reveals the content of "Tyorkin’s ascetic", opposed to totalitarian practices.