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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.... Background Information and Guidance

As I presented in class today, the due date for Ivan is January 17th. I suggest doing a first read through in the next few days... marking with the first read. After you are done, read through again, studying the text thoroughly. 

I have provided two links under Ivan links that provide excellent background for HISTORICAL and BIOGRAPHICAL Context. I would suggest reading and noting these before you start your reading. 

The picture seen above was drawn by Eufrosinia Kersnovskaya. Kersnovskaya was sentenced to 10 years in a labor camp. In her journal, Kersnovskaya kept graphic notes and drawings of her experiences. 

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich was published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn in 1962 in the magazine, Novy Mir. 

Solzhenitsyn spent 8 years in multiple Soviet labor camps. His crime was making disparaging comments about Josef Stalin in a private letter to a friend. This book provides the first account of the atrocities of Stalin's rule in a public format. 

The video below is a report on Solzhenitsyn's death with included biographical information. 

 

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