Illusion, Morality, and Reality in The Master and Margarita

Presentation Type

Oral and/or Visual Presentation

Presenter Major(s)

Russian Studies, English

Mentor Information

Christine Rydel, rydelc@gvsu.edu

Department

Modern Languages and Literatures

Location

Kirkhof Center 2215

Start Date

13-4-2011 4:00 PM

End Date

13-4-2011 4:30 PM

Keywords

Arts, Culture, Ethics, Freedom and Control, Historical Perspectives, Human Journey, Philosophy/ Literature, Religion, War and Peace, World Perspective

Abstract

This inquiry into the Stalinist-era Soviet novel, The Master and Margarita, tries to establish and examine a link between its title characters and its author's real-life experience. Questions concerning morality and ethics emerge as a consequence of close analysis. Bulgakov's literary use of illusion, metaphysics, and the surreal to express his worldview, in essence, helps us to understand the extremes of Soviet censorship and totalitarianism in the 1930s.

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Apr 13th, 4:00 PM Apr 13th, 4:30 PM

Illusion, Morality, and Reality in The Master and Margarita

Kirkhof Center 2215

This inquiry into the Stalinist-era Soviet novel, The Master and Margarita, tries to establish and examine a link between its title characters and its author's real-life experience. Questions concerning morality and ethics emerge as a consequence of close analysis. Bulgakov's literary use of illusion, metaphysics, and the surreal to express his worldview, in essence, helps us to understand the extremes of Soviet censorship and totalitarianism in the 1930s.