Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1979

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Portnoy, Samuel A.

Abstract

Samizdat, meaning self-published, is the primary medium of the contemporary dissident movement. This anthology draws heavily on The Samizdat Bulletin, inaugurated in English in 1973 in San Mateo, California. The documents contained in it voice various forms of protest and expose the workings of the Soviet hierarchy in the period 1966-1976. Lesser known samizdat authors and issues are the focal point. The more publicized authors have, because of their greater prominence in the West, received less emphasis. Emphasis has been placed on articles in samizdat which correlate with later issues of The Bulletin in which developments are followed to their culmination. Samizdat covers a broad gamut of issues, from literary topics to religious issues, from labor camps to radio-jamming--all of which are discussed. Efforts have been made to concentrate on samizdat per se and to minimize the dissident movement in its other aspects. A short introduction explains the beginnings of samizdat. Problems of samizdat enumerated and the study closes with observations on the efficacy and future of samizdat.

Extent

129 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT14004

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