LITTRANS 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Russian Literature, Red Cavalry, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
23 Mar 2017
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Policies that strive to change society drastically making individual feel that his sense of integrity and individualism is in danger. Russian government willing to make a society incapable of resisting or formulating alternative agendas. Altering human nature by removing fantasy (we) Extreme violence against groups that don"t agree (foundation pit, red. Nabokov lives in germany in 1930"s where he sees authoritarian brand in a different. European novels and american novels concern themselves about survival of the individual from insecurity in the 30"s. Littrans204- lecture 15 - invitation to a beheading day 1 (2/22) individuals struggling to defend themselves from: Sense of insecurity about the future created by government instability bad communication from 1870"s to 1916 -- european literature is interesting during this peacetime and shapes the societies they are a part of. Early 20th century literature is experimental but themes of violence or oppression are not seen. Nabokov is known mostly as an american writer.
