Między utopią socjalizmu a karykaturą Zachodu. Nie-dziecięca interpretacja świata przedstawionego w trylogii o skrzacie Nieumiałku Mikołaja Nosowa

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the trilogy written by Nikolai Nosov in 1953-1965, comprising The Adventures of Dunno and his Friends, Dunno in Sun City and Dunno
on the Moon all of which rank high in the canon of Soviet literature for children. The first part introduces the ideological and educational objectives that literature for children in the USSR was expected to pursue, as well as the writer himself. The author argues that Nosov’s novels, officially intended for children, offer broad interpretive possibilities for the adult reader as well. Subsequent parts provide an analysis of the instalments of the trilogy whilst focusing on the setting in which the story takes place. This approach reveals satirical references to the Soviet and American realities of the 1950s and 1960s. In the final part, the conclusions are confronted with the contemporary perceptions of the novel, drawing on the content posted online.