The Illusion of Socialist Ideology and Russian Revolution: A Marxist- Deconstructive Reading of Doctor Zhivago
The present study investigates the representations of the socialist ideology and Russian revolution of 1917 in Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. The thrust of the study shows the alternative micro narratives, deconstructs socialist ideology and revolution as merely illusionist, foundationalist assumptions. These strands challenge and question the dominant status of socialist ideology and revolution as an absolute and an overarching point of reference. The existence of alternative micro narratives expose the myth of the socialist Russian revolution as an icon of brotherhood, freedom, democracy and the socioeconomic justice. The study also shows absence of transformation in the mere replacement of one kind of totality by another of its kind. It only keeps the binaries of dominance and submission intact. The study is undertaken in the light of an eclectic theoretical framework of Marxism and Deconstruction.
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Resistance, Pluralism, Totality, Alternative Ideology
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(1) M Ayub Jajja
Associate Professor, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahalwalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Jajja, M. A. (2019). The Illusion of Socialist Ideology and Russian Revolution: A Marxist- Deconstructive Reading of Doctor Zhivago. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(I), 181-186. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).24
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CHICAGO : Jajja, M Ayub. 2019. "The Illusion of Socialist Ideology and Russian Revolution: A Marxist- Deconstructive Reading of Doctor Zhivago." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (I): 181-186 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).24
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HARVARD : JAJJA, M. A. 2019. The Illusion of Socialist Ideology and Russian Revolution: A Marxist- Deconstructive Reading of Doctor Zhivago. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 181-186.
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MHRA : Jajja, M Ayub. 2019. "The Illusion of Socialist Ideology and Russian Revolution: A Marxist- Deconstructive Reading of Doctor Zhivago." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 181-186
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MLA : Jajja, M Ayub. "The Illusion of Socialist Ideology and Russian Revolution: A Marxist- Deconstructive Reading of Doctor Zhivago." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.I (2019): 181-186 Print.
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OXFORD : Jajja, M Ayub (2019), "The Illusion of Socialist Ideology and Russian Revolution: A Marxist- Deconstructive Reading of Doctor Zhivago", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (I), 181-186
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TURABIAN : Jajja, M Ayub. "The Illusion of Socialist Ideology and Russian Revolution: A Marxist- Deconstructive Reading of Doctor Zhivago." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. I (2019): 181-186. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).24