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Тема охоты в текстах песен Владимира Высоцкого
The hunt theme in Vladimir Vysotsky’s songs

Author(s): Margarita Nadel-Czerwińska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, History of Communism, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: V. Vysotski’s texts; hunting and battue; totalitarianism; Soviet Union

Summary/Abstract: The texts by V. Vysotsky feauture prominently the theme of “hunting” – for the game and for a human as the game. Non-humanitarism of trailing, chasing and battue is thoroughly elaborated. This non-humanitarism as Vysotski puts it is a sign of the totalitarian system which gives no room for a free individual. Both the humans and the game are deliberately annihilated for the pleasure of the high and mighty of this world. A common Soviet human being is a parallel of the baited game.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 215-231
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Russian