Issue 3 (72)
| BECOMING A SOVIET CITIZEN: LANGUAGE CHOICES IN N. F. TERENTYEV’S DIARY | |||
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| Year | 2021 | Number | 3(72) |
| Pages | 190-198 | Type | scientific article |
| UDC | 94(470.13)“1936/1939” | BBK | 63.3(2Ðîñ=Êîìè)61 |
| Authors | Bugrimova Tatiana V. |
Topic | HISTORICAL MOSAIC |
| Summary | The article based on the diary of the young writer N. F. Terentyev from Komi ASSR who wrote his records in the Komi language from 1936 to 1939 considers peculiarities of the “subjectivity” formation in the non-Russian language discursive space. The author hypothesizes that non-Russian people in the 1930s USSR acquiring new subjectivity, began not only to speak Bolshevik but also appropriated a more prestigious discourse in which the Russian language was endowed with revolutionary consolidating potential. The material of the diary reveals two levels of the formation of a Soviet citizen. As regards Terentyev, the first level is related to the local context: the diarist advocates the development of the countryside, collects folklore, adheres to the national literary tradition in terms of the description of the countryside life. The second level is connected with Terentyev’s desire to be involved in more significant events: he joins Komsomol, uses Marxist language in representation of the everyday life, actively participates in the translation of the texts written in the Russian language. The process of writing the diary reveals not only Terentyev’s aspiration to become a Komi writer but also his active civic engagement. Terentyev’s ambition was to become a Komi writer, a representative of the emergent national intelligentsia. Internalizing “cultural revolution discourse”, Terentyev defined Komi literature as backward which should be developed in order to keep up with the Russian literature. In this context, his personal development as a writer involved overcoming of not only personal backwardness (which he acknowledged) but also backwardness of his native culture. | ||
| Keywords | subjectivity, diary, Soviet nationalities policy, USSR, Komi language, identity | ||
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