«RUSSIAN BEAR» IN THE WESTERN-EUROPEAN PROPAGANDA OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR Cover Image

«РУССКИЙ МЕДВЕДЬ» В ЗАПАДНОЕВРОПЕЙСКОЙ ПРОПАГАНДЕ ПЕРВОЙ МИРОВОЙ ВОЙНЫ
«RUSSIAN BEAR» IN THE WESTERN-EUROPEAN PROPAGANDA OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Author(s): Andrzej de Lazari, O. Riabov, Magdalena Żakowska
Subject(s): Semiology, Communication studies, Political history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Издатель Наталья Докучаева
Keywords: «Russian bear»; the Western image of Russia; propaganda of the First World War; the Western-European caricature;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the image of Russia as the bear in Western-European discourse of the First World War. The authors point out that due to polysemanticism of the bear symbol the propagandists of both allies and adversaries of Russia exploited the image very actively.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 54-67
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Russian