Double-edged Satire in Zamyatin’s We

At the end of We, our narrator retreats to an underground bathroom to complete his manuscript as Mephi revolutionaries take to the streets above. D-503’s withdrawal from the fighting can easily be read as a cowardly abdication of political responsibility. In this paper, however, we will argue that D...

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Published in:Extrapolation 2015-09, Vol.56 (3), p.267-286
Main Author: Eichholz, Patrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Communism
Criticism and interpretation
Ideology
Isolationism
Novelists
Oppression (Politics)
Politics
Portrayals
Revolutions
Russian literature
Satire
Utopias
Violence
Zamyatin, Yevgeny
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