| Titre | Ilya Ehrenbourg : Juif, Russe et Européen, 1891-1928 | |
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| Auteur | Ewa Berard-Zarzycka | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 26, no 2, avril-juin 1985 Autour de la littérature juive russe | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 219-242 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Ewa Berard-zarzycka, Ilia Ehrenburg: Jew, Russian and European. 1891-1928.
This article deals with the first part of Ehrenburg' s life marked by two sojourns in the West : 1908-1917 and 1921-1940. This for him is a period of dilemmas and complex choices of a cultural identity : Jew, Russian or European? Ehrenburg starts by cutting himself off from his Jewish roots, turning first to Catholicism, then to "Russianism". If later on he reverts to the Jewish heirloom, this is because it represents for him an essential element of challenge to Europe and to Russia, spiritually rent by war and revolution and dominated by the cult of progress, discipline and collectivism. He contrasts them with the "Jewish spirit" which he defines as a quest for universal ism, an eternal revolt and loneliness. However, in Ehrenburg1 s view this "Jewish genius" can conceivably exist only within the framework of the diaspora and cultural osmosis. This article presents numerous unpublished documents. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1985_num_26_2_2044 |
