Between ideology and literature
Translation in the USSR during the Brezhnev period
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12184151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily Lygo (University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-58 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0907-676X • E-ISSN: 1747-6623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0907676x.2015.1032311 |
| OpenAlex | W2294850231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
The USSR's de-Stalinization and liberalization under Khrushchev opened up the country to the West and led to a boom in the translation of foreign and especially Western literature. After the Thaw, however, Soviet society is generally seen to have moved into a period of stagnation, characterized by a cooling in its enthusiasm for America and the West more generally. This article will examine the fate of translated literature in the less congenial environment of the Brezhnev years, looking in particular at translations in the journal Novyi mir in 1965–1981. It will show that, although there were changes in the profile of the translations published during the period, overall, translation cannot be said to have undergone stagnation. It asks how translation was used by different agents: the Party, editors, and translators. It will argue that translation continued to be seen by the Party as symbolic of the ‘friendship of the peoples’, but was used by editors and translators to publish artistically diverse and challenging works. It will show how various strategies were employed by the journal's editors and translators to present texts in such a way as to get them past the censor
Aesthetics · Art · Boom · Economic history · Enthusiasm · Friendship · Ideology · Liberalization · Literature · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Publication · Social science · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Engineering · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy · Soviet and Russian History
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |