Query about Darwinist themes in twentieth-century literature

[Brett Cooke]

Speciation (somewhat accelerated, perhaps) is certainly a theme in 
Zamyatin's "We." 800 years of separation have worked to distinguished the 
"numbers" of the Single State from the hirsute people who live outside the 
Green Wall, albeit there are indications of cross-breeding. I-330 suggests 
this may explain D-503's hairy arms. Furthermore, Darwinist structures 
accord with the Hegelian dialectics Zamyatin espouses in his essays.

Brett Cooke
Texas A&M University


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Muireann Maguire" <mm504 at CAM.AC.UK>
To: <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 2:59 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Query about Darwinist themes in twentieth-century 
literature


Dear SEELANGers,

This is a general brainstorming question: can anyone advise on authors or
novels dealing with Darwinist themes (or with evolutionary biology
generally, thus including Lamarck, Michurin, Haeckel and others) in
twentieth-century Russian literature? I'm primarily interested in mainstream
fiction, including Socialist Realism (therefore not necessarily in science
fiction). Please reply on-list.

Best wishes and thanks in advance,

Muireann

Dr Muireann Maguire
Career Development Fellow in Russian Literature and Culture
Wadham College, Oxford

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