“Internacional’naja literatura”, 3, 1937 - [S037]
Communicative Intention: Creating the image of 'ONE OF US'
Utterance Aim: Promoting acceptance and a positive outlook
Concrete Linguistic Means/Tool: Positively connoted expressions
Journal Title: "Internacional'naja literatura"
Journal Number: 3
Contexts & Examples: В парижском доме культуры под председательством Поля Вайяна-Кутюрье состоялся вечер, посвящённый героической борьбе трудящихся Мадрида.
Edited by Svetlana Slavkova
The texts of ‘Literatura mirovoj revoljucii’ and ‘Internacional’naja literatura’ employ stylistic devices aimed at educating the public on how certain references, characters and cultural figures should be perceived. The linguistic devices established at the beginning of the 1930s not only aimed at creating the ‘image of an enemy’ in the cultural and literary sphere, but also at promoting the positive image of those who are akin to US on an ideological and social level. The choice of linguistic means used in the ideological education of the Soviet reader induces the public to produce evaluations and behaviour useful to the regime. The conspicuous number of evaluative expressions with a positive connotation gives the texts a greater emotional charge and reinforces the ideological position of the magazine’s authors. In the example cited, emphasis is not only on the heroism shown by the inhabitants of Madrid in defending the city from nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War, but also on the fighting heroes’ identity as part of the working class.