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Burning Manuscripts: Mikhail Bulgakov’s “The Master and Margarita”, Talk with Olga Voronina
Mikhail Bulgakov’s cult novel The Master and Margarita is a unique phenomenon in Russian literature of the 20th century. It is a satirical masterpiece that tells the story of the devil’s visit to Soviet Moscow at the height of Stalinist purges. Bulgakov’s devil rewards the good, punishers the wrongdoers and leads the secret police on a wild goose chase around the streets of Moscow.
In the 1920s Bulgakov’s phenomenally successful play The Days of the Turbins was running at the Moscow Arts Theatre and was famously seen by Stalin several times. However, by the end of that decade Bulgakov’s refusal to compromise his vision and to adapt to the ideological demands of the time led to a widespread ban on his works. He was placed under police surveillance and his ‘sunset’ novel was written in secret. This talk explores Bulgakov’s life (1891-1940) and The Master and Margarita as a story of surviving in Stalinist Russia. Bulgakov – one of the great 20th century writers.
Dr.Olga Voronina has taught at the Universities of Leeds, Nottingham, St. Andrews, and University College Oxford before returning to The School of Slavonic & East European Studies at UCL in 2017. She completed her PhD in Comparative literature at UCL SSEES in 2011 and is the author of Depicting the Divine: Mikhail Bulgakov and Thomas Mann. She regularly speaks on Russian literature and culture, and was recently an expert panelist on the BBC World Service programme The Forum on The Master and Margarita.
In English.
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