Prenija po dokladu tovarišča P. Judina [10-03-1934] - [D118]

Concise description of the directive:

The main topic of the debate developed around Yudin’s speech is the fight for the quality of literature, for the increase of its artistic level. Ermilov: We must be stricter in our evaluation of literature; we can no longer define the works of a little-known proletarian writer as better than those of the classics of the past. Chumandrin: there are two main trends in world literature. Tolstoy, Chekhov and Zola portray their characters in a veracious manner, but consider the characters and situations mediocre; on the other hand, Balzac, Gogol and Saltykov-Shchedrin describe great characters that enter history as typical characters. The critic believes that Soviet literature should follow a middle path between these two tendencies. R. Shor: we need to improve the quality of translated literature; it is especially important today when we talk so much about the appropriation of the legacy of the classics. Soviet critics must have the tools to compare the translation with the original; this will allow us to raise the quality of the translation. Fadeyev: We no longer need not only various groups, but also various currents in literature, as the communist basis is unique for all our writers.