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"Islands of Death and Torture": The Solovetsky Islands in Labor Camp Memoirs, 1925-1939 /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	"Islands of Death and Torture": The Solovetsky Islands in Labor Camp Memoirs, 1925-1939 // Lydia Hart Roberts.
Author:	Roberts, Lydia Hart,
Description:	1 electronic resource (486 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-09, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International86-09A.
Subject:	Slavic literature. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=31847566
ISBN:	9798310147874

"Islands of Death and Torture": The Solovetsky Islands in Labor Camp Memoirs, 1925-1939 /
Roberts, Lydia Hart,

"Islands of Death and Torture": The Solovetsky Islands in Labor Camp Memoirs, 1925-1939 /Lydia Hart Roberts. - 1 electronic resource (486 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-09, Section: A.

This study examines representations of the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp (SLON) in memoirs published by survivors of the camp in the 1920s and 1930s. The introduction identifies the memoirs in generic and historical context, arguing that authors wrote their memoirs of SLON from a unique position in between Russian and non-Russian publishing. A detailed literary survey places the early memoirs in the context of the twentieth century, which saw an explosion of interest in the Solovetsky Islands and former labor camp, but also saw the original texts describing the camp increasingly maligned. The memoirs capture the transformation of the camp from its peak as a propaganda tool and notorious labor camp to its decline in the 1930s. They also represent a similar narrative structure across the otherwise diverse texts. This "SLON metanarrative" is the focus of the dissertation's first chapter, which outlines the different elements of the largely chronological narrative that memoirists used to orient readers and describe their own experiences. The second chapter describes elements of SLON imagery that exist outside of the chronological narrative, highlighting the ways that memoirists described the islands and camp. The conclusion focuses on the more abstract techniques that memoirists used to explain the camp and the Solovetsky Islands (Solovki) to readers as a site of systemic repression and a focal point of international condemnation. This dissertation position the Solovetsky Islands within a broader cultural context, contrasting Soviet appropriation of the region's resources with émigré critiques of its ruination and exploitation of prisoner labor. The analysis focuses on the formal features of early texts, isolating the origins of the Solovetsky mythos before its later reinterpretation in post-WWII and post-GULAG discourse. Through this lens, the study offers an exploration of camp literature, emphasizing the earliest narratives of Soviet repression. This isolates and highlights the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp as it was portrayed before World War II, The Gulag Archipelago, and later memorialization efforts such as the "Solovetsky stones." By analyzing the composition, imagery, and stylistic language of these early narratives, the study explores the development of the Solovetsky mythos and its influence on cultural memory.

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ISBN: 9798310147874Subjects--Topical Terms:

2144740
Slavic literature.
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Labor camp literature

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