La mission rééducatrice des écrivains prolétariens au sein du vieux Théâtre d'Art

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Marie-Christine Autant-Mathieu, « La mission rééducatrice des écrivains prolétariens au sein du vieux Théâtre d'Art », La Revue russe, ID : 10.3406/russe.2012.2520


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The Making of a new man, in art and culture, emerged against the figure of the intellectual with its humanism, tolerance and compassion towards the class enemy. In 1931, the Moscow Art Theatre is attacked for its excessively moderate repertory and is forced to stage the proletarian playwright Alexander Afinogenov whose play Fear (Strakh) (1931) is a perfect manual for rebuilding scientific and artistic circles : Professor Borodin, defeated by the arguments of the Bolshevik Klara, after being arrested, questioned, and released on condition that he renounces his work publicly, says at the end : "I accept your conditions". Delighted with the success of the performance which places him among the most famous playwrights, Afinogenov would continue to propose his plays to Soviet theatres. But for him, too, history is moving forward. Suddenly he becomes a pariah. Through the notebooks he kept during the period of ostracism (April 1937-January 1938), one can follow the moods of a communist who remained believing, despite the difficulties, in the cause of socialism. Afinogenov' s diary shows biased thinking and writing, and self-censorship due to the birth of a new mentality. Disgrace is the test from the party (Providence) to test his faith. The man will be reborn purified after this initiation ritual.

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