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A Tiny Village in Vermont Was the Perfect Spot to Hide Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Re: A Tiny Village in Vermont Was the Perfect Spot to Hide Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Post by tlear »

ramblerman wrote: post #30
andrepd wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While a powerful literary work, TGA is not a work of objective history.

I always found it more powerful, to truly understand the conditions, of someone who went through that - first hand. Do you feel he embellished, or why would you state that?

Because that is one of the talking points of the Russian propaganda. Oh it is a fantastic novel, great novel but all fantasy.

It is the best at describing what USSR really was, lots of useful fools/tools in the West always had problem with it.

Re: A Tiny Village in Vermont Was the Perfect Spot to Hide Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Post by andrepd »

tlear wrote: post #31
ramblerman wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always found it more powerful, to truly understand the conditions, of someone who went through that - first hand. Do you feel he embellished, or why would you state that?

Because that is one of the talking points of the Russian propaganda. Oh it is a fantastic novel, great novel but all fantasy. It is the best at describing what USSR really was, lots of useful fools/tools in the West always had problem with it.

The general scholarly and scientific consensus is that the work is not rigorous, objective, or scientific. If you challenge this take it up with the scholars.

Re: A Tiny Village in Vermont Was the Perfect Spot to Hide Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Post by ryanx435 »

andrepd wrote: post #32
tlear wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because that is one of the talking points of the Russian propaganda. Oh it is a fantastic novel, great novel but all fantasy. It is the best at describing what USSR really was, lots of useful fools/tools in the West always had problem with it.

The general scholarly and scientific consensus is that the work is not rigorous, objective, or scientific. If you challenge this take it up with the scholars.

Funny how literature suddenly needs to be "rigorous, objective, scientific" when it criticizes communism, even though it's a first hand account written by a political prisoner.

Keep believing that propaganda.

Re: A Tiny Village in Vermont Was the Perfect Spot to Hide Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #26
pragmar wrote: post #5

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The literature stands on its own, aside from whatever personal political evolution occurred in his later years. In the 90s, it certainly appeared as though Russia was getting set up for exploitation by the west under Yeltsin. A nationalist move in ideology within that context is rational.

A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich was published in the 60s, Gulag Archipelago in 1973, aside from the writing standing on its own it's a little bit weak to try to knock it down based on later issues.

One Day

I correct that because my English 201 prof made it a point to indicate that the title was deliberate. This day was simply one of the many days that Ivan Denisovich had to find a way to survive, over and over again.

Re: A Tiny Village in Vermont Was the Perfect Spot to Hide Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Post by andrepd »

ryanx435 wrote: post #33
andrepd wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The general scholarly and scientific consensus is that the work is not rigorous, objective, or scientific. If you challenge this take it up with the scholars.

Funny how literature suddenly needs to be "rigorous, objective, scientific" when it criticizes communism, even though it's a first hand account written by a political prisoner. Keep believing that propaganda.

Who's believing propaganda? I'm getting my info from several sources before I make up my mind, you apparently get yours from hearsay that says what you already want to belive. Am I missing something here?
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