An Architectural Reading of Zamyatin’s Intersectional Elements in The Novel “We”

“We” was written by Russian novelist Yevgeny Zamyatin in 1921 after the Soviet Revolution. To be at edge of conflicts scrutinized novel, which protagonist, labeled as D-503, having a tentative position well-defined ground power presented itself truth or law. The narration constructed via diary protagonist; how D-503 perceived paradigm, he had lived in, what kind and contradictions been living with system questioned. chose very specific architectural elements to explain criticize dominant paradigm era -early 1920’s, periphery that dominancy; like Green Wall, Glass logical labyrinth, cube square, etc. These intersectional were form blurred voids order unfold ideological positions period novel. materialization meaning walls, could read dialectic conceiving both revolution paradigm. As being dystopia, novel criticizes idealized beliefs transparent, lucid conductive.