Stalin-ikona: O Zapiskach oficera Armii Czerwonej Sergiusza Piaseckiego

Abstract

The article analyzes Sergiusz Piasecki’s The Memoirs of a Red Army Officer through the prism of Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of word types in prose, showing the dialogic relations between the words of the writer and his protagonist, and, on a deeper level, a serious reflection on totalitarianism and methods of oppression implemented in the Soviet Union, the aspect which is camouflaged by the comic character of the novel. Additionally, the article mentions the use of the so-called “newspeak,” the representation of the Stalin’s cult, and the ideological indoctrination that Soviet soldiers were subjected to.