The Motive of a Disappointed Terrorist in the Works of M. P. Artsybashev and B. V. Savinkov

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Motive of a Disappointed Terrorist in the Works of M. P. Artsybashev and B. V. Savinkov

Original language description

The article is devoted to the analysis of the stories of M.P. Artsybashev "Rabochij Shevyrev" and B.V. Savinkov (V. Ropshina) "Pale Horse". The analysis of the text shows that both authors consciously pay attention to the heroes whose participation in terrorism brings disappointment, because the activities of their companions change nothing either in the social structure, or in the behavior of the “top” of society, or in the consciousness and behavior of those in whose name they go to the personal victim. Both heroes get stuck – they do not see a positive prospect in the future, they lose the sense not only of their participation in the terrorist movement, but also of their personal life. Shevyrev, who had lost his beloved, was convinced that obedience had become so ingrained in the social and individual psyche that he could not eradicate it. Nor can he persuade a young writer who preaches non-resistance to evil by violence. So he chooses violence, both as vengeance and as an example to others, but his actions can change nothing. The main character of the prose B.V. Savinkov managed to organize the terrorist act successfully, but he also understands that nothing essential in society changes, and he himself became convinced that he became one of the "wheels" of the terrorist movement, whose fate is controlled by anonymous others in the "organization". If Shevyrev did not have a life alternative, then George has such a thing, but his personal happiness is unrealistic. Both heroes suffer a collapse - Shevyrev, shooting accidentally caught spectators of the theater and falling into the hands of detectives, George killing himself. Both stories show the crisis of the terrorist movement and its ideology, hinting at the continuing gap between the ideology and practice of terrorism and the real life of ordinary Russians of that time.

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60206 - Specific literatures

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

The Ethical and Axiological Aspects in the Literature and the Culture of the 20th and 21st Centuries

ISBN

9786084744252

Number of pages of the result

20

Pages from-to

285-304

Number of pages of the book

351

Publisher name

Institute of Macedonian Literature, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

Place of publication

Skopje

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