| Titre | Gor'kij et les « citoyens mécaniques » | |
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| Auteur | Georges Nivat | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 29, no 1, janvier-mars 1988 Maksim Gor'kij (1868 - 1936) cinquante ans après | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 67-78 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Georges Nivat, Gor'kii and the "mechanical citizens".
The article analyses Gor'kii's play, Somov i drugie within two contexts. The first is that of the year 1930, of the first great Stalinist trials, of the momentous part played by Gor'kii's articles in framing up an hysterical campaign against the "traitors"-engineers and the so-called "Industrial party". A close analysis of the Pravda and of Gor'kii's statements allows to outline this "witch hunt". The play was intended to serve as an illustration of the "plot of the engineers." The second context is that of Gor'kii's former works, such as his 1904 and 1906 plays staging engineers. The renewed use of Gorkian longlived themes and of his pet aversions is striking. It would seem that the author finally refused to allow the performance of his play. Was this due to remorse or for fear of a failure ? Does the "music teacher" who at the end of the play is arrested together with the "plotters" embody Gor'kii's own ambiguous position ? Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1988_num_29_1_2132 |
