This provocative work takes issue with the idea that Socialist
Realism was mainly the creation of party leaders and was imposed
from above on the literati who lived and worked under the Soviet
regime. Evgeny Dobrenko, a leading expert on Soviet literature,
argues instead--and offers persuasive evidence--that the aesthetic
theories underpinning Socialist Realism arose among the writers
themselves, born of their proponents' desire for power in the realm
of literary policymaking. Accordingly, Dobrenko closely considers
the evolution of these theories, deciphering the power relations
and social conditions that helped to shape them.
In chapters on Proletkult, RAPP, LEF, and Pereval, Dobrenko
reexamines the theories generated by these major Marxist literary
groupings of the early Soviet Union. He shows how each approached
the problems of literature's response to the presumed social
mandate of the young communist society, and how Socialist Realism
emerged as a conglomerate of these earlier, revolutionary theories.
With extensive and detailed reference to supporting testimony and
documents, Dobrenko clearly demonstrates how Socialist Realism was
created from within the revolutionary culture, and how this culture
and its disciples fully participated in this creative process. His
work represents a major breakthrough in our current understanding
of the complex sources that contributed to early Soviet
culture.
General
| Imprint: |
Northwestern University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Studies in Russian Literature and Theory |
| Release date: |
May 2005 |
| First published: |
June 2005 |
| Authors: |
Evgenii Dobrenko
|
| Translators: |
Jesse M. Savage
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
168 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8101-2025-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8101-2025-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780810120259 |
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