Both Yevgeniy Zamyatin’s futuristic novel “We” and Vladimir Mayakovskiy’s satirical play “The Bedbug” warn of the dangers of a future society which de-emphasizes the individual in favor of the collective good. Both works may be seen as condemnations by both authors of the future direction of the Soviet state and Soviet society, as they saw it progressing from their respective vantage points.
When Mayakovskiy’s play “The Bedbug” was first published in the Soviet Union in 1929, it was immediately panned by Soviet critics of the time as portraying both an unfavorable view of a future Soviet society and not providing enough “positive” heroes in the story. Zamyatin’s “We” received a similar reception in 1923, and was not allowed to be p
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