Essays on the Criminal World
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Essays on the Criminal World is a nonfiction work by Varlam Shalamov in which he analyzes and reflects on the culture, psychology, and moral degradation of the Soviet criminal underworld, drawing heavily on his Gulag experiences.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Essays on the Criminal World canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
essay collection
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| analyzes |
impact of Gulag system on human character
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moral collapse under camp conditions ⓘ psychology of habitual offenders ⓘ |
| author | Varlam Shalamov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Varlam Shalamov's Gulag experiences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticizes | Soviet camp administration's use of criminals against political prisoners ⓘ |
| describes |
behavior of professional criminals in the Soviet Union
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camp slang and criminal argot ⓘ ethics of the Soviet criminal milieu ⓘ hierarchies within the criminal underworld ⓘ relationship between criminals and political prisoners in the Gulag ⓘ violence in the Gulag camp system ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Russian literary scholarship on Shalamov ⓘ |
| field |
Soviet studies
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criminology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
distinction between political prisoners and common criminals
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erosion of solidarity under camp conditions ⓘ survival strategies in the Gulag ⓘ |
| genre |
Gulag literature
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nonfiction essay ⓘ prison literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialStance |
condemns criminal code of honor
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critical of romanticization of criminals ⓘ emphasizes incompatibility of criminal ethics with humanism ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anti-criminal romanticism
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autobiographical ⓘ |
| intendedFunction | moral and sociological analysis of the criminal world ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | essay ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Russian literature of witness
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dissident literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Gulag
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Soviet criminal underworld ⓘ criminal culture ⓘ criminal psychology ⓘ moral degradation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person reflection ⓘ |
| periodDescribed | Stalinist era ⓘ |
| portrays | criminals as morally destructive figures ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Kolyma Tales
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The Kolyma Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Soviet labor camps
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Soviet prisons ⓘ |
| workOf | Varlam Shalamov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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