Mikhail Zoshchenko and the Serapion brothers
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Bezeredi, Judith L
issued: 2011-03-24T20:13:14Z
issued: 1973
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the period of relative economic and artistic freedom that occurred during the time of the New Economic Policy (1921-1924). The general failure in agriculture and in industrial productivity forced the Soviet regime to allow diversions from the orthodox Marxist view of state ownership of the tools of production. Because of the need to start the wheels of production turning, the minor landowners, small manufacturers and petty profiteers took to the task in hope of financial gains. This economic environment, uncontrolled by the Communist Party, reflected itself in the relatively chaotic "artistic scene". Amongst the many literary groups that appeared during the early 1920's, I dwell mostly upon the Serapion Brothers and the members of that group, singling out for more intense study Mikhail Zoshchenko: his artistry and his struggle for artistic freedom.
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note: MIKHAIL ZOSHCHENKO AND THE SERAPION BROTHERS by JUDITH L. BEZEREDI A.B., U n i v e r s i t y of Michigan, 1966 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS i n the Department of SLAVONIC STUDIES We ac c e p t t h i s t h e s i s as conforming to the r e q u i r e d standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA September, 1973 i i In p r e s e n t i n g t h i s t h e s i s i n p a r t i a l f u l f i l m e n t of the requirements f o r an advanced degree a t the U n i v e r s i t y o f B r i t i s h Columbia, I agree t h a t the L i b r a r y s h a l l make i t f r e e l y a v a i l a b l e f o r r e f e r e n c e and study. I f u r t h e r agree t h a t p e r m i s s i o n f o r e x t e n s i v e copying of t h i s t h e s i s f o r s c h o l a r l y purposes may be granted by the Head of my Department or by h i s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s . I t i s understood t h a t c o p y i n g o r p u b l i c a t i o n of t h i s t h e s i s f o r f i n a n c i a l g a i n s h a l l not be a llowed w i t h o u t my w r i t t e n p e r m i s s i o n . J u d i t h L. B e z e r e d i Department of S l a v o n i c S t u d i e s The U n i v e r s i t y o f B r i t i s h Columbia Vancouver 8, Canada Date September, - 19 73 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ABSTRACT i v CHAPTER I. NEW ECONOMIC POLICY — A PARADOX IN MARXIST RUSSIA 1 I I . THE PERIOD OF RELATIVE ARTISTIC FREEDOM AND SEARCH FOR GOALS DURING THE N. E. P 12 I I I . THE SERAPION BROTHERS . . 24 IV. MIKHAIL ZOSHCHENKO — THE SERAPION BROTHER. CONCLUSION 53 BIBLIOGRAPHY 79 i i i ABSTRACT The purpose of t h i s t h e s i s i s to e x p l o r e the p e r i o d of r e l a t i v e economic and a r t i s t i c freedom t h a t o c c u r r e d d u r i n g the time o f the New Economic P o l i c y (1921-1924). The g e n e r a l f a i l u r e i n a g r i c u l t u r e and i n i n d u s t r i a l p r o d u c t i v i t y f o r c e d the S o v i e t regime to a l l o w d i v e r s i o n s from the o…
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is shown at: 10.14288/1.0101414
language: eng
degree discipline: Slavonic Studies
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scholar level: Graduate
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identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32903