BIUROKRACJA W TWÓRCZOŚCI ANDRIEJA PŁATONOWA – BEZOSOBOWA WŁADZA JAKO CZYNNIK KSZTAŁTUJĄCY OSOBISTE I SPOŁECZNE RELACJE

• Authors: Bożena Witowicz
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Bureaucracy is one of the leitmotives underpinning the ouvre of Andrei Platonov. The article explores the many facets this theme contains, both within the writer’s literary output as well as in his non-fiction works (notebooks, letters, literary critique, journalistic pieces). Drawing from his life experiences in the Soviet Russia of 1920s and 1930s, Platonov shows us how bureaucratic procedures destroy human relationships, destroying trust, friendships and family ties. He confronts a powerful state with alienated citizens asking moral questions about the nature of totalitarianism and how disastrous it is for society as a whole. And although Platonov excels in satire, the conclusions he draws are sombre.

Keywords

PL

Platonov; bureaucracy; fiction; non-literary creativity; satire; historicism; censorship; repression; interpersonal relations

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UPH, Uniwersytet Mateja Bela w Bańskiej Bystrzycy
• Journal: Conversatoria Litteraria
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 13
• Issue: XIII
• Pages: 143-152

Dates

published

2019-07-02

Contributors

author

Bożena Witowicz