WHY SOCIALIST REALISM? SPACE AND PROPAGANDA – THE BIRTH OF MYTH
WHY SOCIALIST REALISM? SPACE AND PROPAGANDA – THE BIRTH OF MYTH
Author(s): Jacek Wojciech KwiatkowskiSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Geography, Regional studies, Recent History (1900 till today), History of Communism
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe Franciszka Salezego (TNFS)
Keywords: socialist realism; October Revolution; Soviet Russia; USSR; Joseph Stalin; Lenin; World War II; socialist propaganda; constructivism;
Summary/Abstract: There is no single definition of socialist realism, nor is there a single name - either in Europe or in the world, for the entire propaganda and artistic movement. Technically speaking, the name of socialist realism is not widely used in Russia itself, but it is difficult to overestimate its role in the birth of a new myth, a new transcultural code that emerged nearly 10 years after the October Revolution as a result of rejecting constructivist accomplishments by the political establishment. The article strives to search not only for the definition but also for the roots of socialist realism, by mapping out new paths of its cognition. The role of propaganda in the recent history of Russia, is generally underestimated.
Journal: Seminare. Poszukiwania naukowe
- Issue Year: 39/2018
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 145-161
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English