FAȚETE EROICE DIN CULTURA ȘI LITERATURA RUSĂ ȘI SOVIETICĂ
Soviet Heroism, Heroic and Heroization. Pages from the Soviet Culture and Literature

Summary/Abstract: The analysis of the Soviet heroism cannot avoid the cultural roots of the Slavic heroic song The Tale of Igor’s Campaign and later Russian mutations of the concept of heroism, closely linked to podvig (“heroic deed”). The article tackles heroism as Russian and then Soviet national trait as it is evident in literature of World War II. While classic pieces of Soviet war prose present unrealistic yet effective heroizations for the masses, the Thaw period brings a shift in the representation of heroism and heroic deed in a context of relative freedom. The Stalinist heroic patterns of literature of Socialist Realism coexist during the three waves of Soviet Thaw and even later with deheroization and thus a more realistic depiction of (heroic) deeds during the war.

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