AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
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GCSE English Literature · key term
The policies and system of rule associated with Joseph Stalin, including concentrated personal power, coercion and the repression of opposition.
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Paper 2
Paper 1
The policies and methods associated with Joseph Stalin’s rule of the Soviet Union, including concentrated political power, repression and state-directed economic change.
Revise: ContextOrwell was a democratic socialist. He wanted a more equal society, but rejected dictatorship and the suppression of political freedom. His criticism of Stalin was therefore not simply a rejection of socialist ideals: he believed Stalinism had corrupted them.
Use Orwell’s democratic socialism to distinguish criticism of Stalinism from rejection of equality itself.
Distinguish Orwell’s opposition to Stalinism from opposition to socialism: he wanted to defend equality against its corruption.
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