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Darkness at Noon

Darkness at Noon. Arthur Koestler. Background. Who was Koestler? Context: I. Russian Revolution of 1917 Succession to Lenin? -- NEP -- First Five Year Plan -- Politics of succession: Trotsky/ Bukharin/Zinoviev --Moscow Trials: civilization? The “line”; intention. Succession. Trotsky.

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Darkness at Noon

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  1. Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler

  2. Background • Who was Koestler? • Context: I. Russian Revolution of 1917 • Succession to Lenin? -- NEP -- First Five Year Plan -- Politics of succession: Trotsky/ Bukharin/Zinoviev --Moscow Trials: civilization? The “line”; intention

  3. Succession Trotsky Bukharin Zinoviev Stalin

  4. D at N: Dramatis personae • Rubashov– looks like Zinoviev and talks like Bukharin • Ivanov- old friend; first interrogator • Little Loewy and Richard – agents betrayed by R • Arlova – secretary-mistress; also betrayed • Gletkin – new apparatchik; second interrogator • Number One – Stalin • Old Man - Lenin

  5. Metaphoric Context of the Book • “darkness at noon” – when? • Three interrogations. Why? • Context for Koestler • Forced collectivization -- guilt and intention --historical necessity (?) -- the Party Evaluation

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