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Lev Levandas Roman „Gorjačee vremja“ als politischer Akt

Published/Copyright: August 12, 2010
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Lev Levanda (1835–1888) was one of the first Jewish writers to publish in Russian. He presented himself as an ardent maskil, i. e. an exponent of the Jewish Enlightenment in Russia, or Haskalah in Hebrew. Due to his critical attitude towards the traditional Jewish lifestyle and the pro-Russian tendency of the majority of his writings, he was considered an avid Russophile most of his life. He wrote his best-known novel, “Goryachee Vremya”, on a politically delicate topic – the Jewish conflict of taking sides in the Polish uprising of 1863. What first seems to be typically tendentious prose closes with an irritating ending. The hero, a Jewish propagandist of assimilation, finally ends up in the company of exiled Polish insurgents discussing the similarities of Polish and Jewish destinies. The novel, which was mostly understood as pro-Russian propaganda for a Jewish audience, turns out to be a political statement directed to Russian readers, critically describing the negative outcome of denying Jewish assimilation efforts.

Published Online: 2010-08-12
Published in Print: 2010-08

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