HIS 102
Solzhenitsyn Paper

 

 

 

 

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), at the time of his death, was still writing and working to oversee the publication of his collected works, in thirty volumes). He was clearly one of the most important Russian writers of the twentieth century, and a towering intellectual and cultural figure in Russia; there is no one even close to his stature alive today. Take a moment and read his Autobiography that he wrote for his award of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970. Photo from 1994 courtesy Evstafiev.

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Read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (in its entirety).

Answer the following question in a one-page paper.

Citing specific evidence from Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (not from the textbook), how was Ivan Denisovich able to resist the dehumanizing aspects of camp routine?

Before proceeding, you might wish to read the short notes on Solzhenitsyn and review the study questions on One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

Your paper must follow this format.

Please take a moment to review Charlie's History Writing Center(See the tutorial on the one-page paper and the paper examples.) for specific information on the writing requirements for the assignments in the course. There is also a good example of a one-page paper available that will show you how to structure your paper. Please check this short explanation of what it means to cite historical evidence.

Your assignment should be submitted on Canvas.