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WORK IN THE SOVIET UNION. LITERARY REMINISCENCES

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Halewska M.
Slavia Orientalis
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2007
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vol. 56
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issue 2
213-228
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The authoress uses literature in its capacity of testimony to the truth to show how people's work was distorted in the Soviet Union. She refers to works about labour-camp life including 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn or 'The Kolyma Tales' by Varlam Shalamov. The loss of work ethics was present also in other spheres of life: journalism ('Angels on the Head of a Pin' by Yuri Druzhnikov), medicine and especially psychiatry ('And the Wind Returns' by Vladimir Bukovski). The authoress refers also to collectivization, which to a considerable degree influenced the attitude of Soviet people towards work. An example is 'The Foundation Pit' by Andrei Platonov, and the effects of a reputedly successful collectivization show in the Involuntary 'Journey to Siberia' by Andrei Amalrik. Recapitulating her deliberations, the authoress states that work was never of great value to Soviet people but rather the way of exploitation towards indignity and degradation. Work in the Soviet Union lost its fundamental meaning, was neither a value in or of itself and became a repulsive and arduous enthrallment.
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YOUTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE. STEREOTYPES AND VALUES. DENESHKINA - MASLOWSKA - PELEVIN

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Halewska M.
Slavia Orientalis
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2005
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vol. 54
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issue 3
417-428
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Deneshkina, Pelevin, and Maslowska describe the reality after a collapse of communism. They concentrate especially on young people who do not have values, affirmative ideals or any authorities. They do not know God, they cannot pray. The characters drink alcohol, take drugs, tell lies, offend each other. They cannot see any differences between truth and falsehood. The authoress shows how difficult and complicated modern times are. Boys and girls are not able to find the aim of their lives, they would like to plan their future, yet it seems to be impossible. Young people miss true love and friendship. Not only do they look for fun and enjoyment but they want responsibility and dignity as well. Characters do not believe in paradise on the earth: they dream about 'real' happiness.
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