socialist realism

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aesthetic ideology artistic style cultural doctrine literary style

Socialist realism is a state-sanctioned artistic and literary style, especially prominent in the Soviet Union, that idealized communist values and portrayed workers and everyday life in an optimistic, heroic manner.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
socialist realism canonical 13
Socialist realism 7
Socialist Realism 4

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aesthetic ideology ⓘ
artistic style ⓘ
cultural doctrine ⓘ
literary style ⓘ
appliesToMedium architecture ⓘ
cinema ⓘ
literature ⓘ
music ⓘ
painting ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
artisticRequirement didactic function ⓘ
heroic depiction of workers ⓘ
ideological correctness ⓘ
optimistic tone ⓘ
realistic representation ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Union of Soviet Writers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
declineBeganInPeriod post-Stalin Thaw ⓘ
developedInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
emphasizesSubject collectivized agriculture ⓘ
everyday life under socialism ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
party leaders ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
soldiers ⓘ
workers ⓘ
enforcedBy cultural policy directives ⓘ
state censorship ⓘ
formallyAdoptedAtEvent First Congress of Soviet Writers ⓘ
formallyAdoptedInYear 1934 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName socialist realism ⓘ
surface form: Sotsrealizm

socialist realist style ⓘ
социалистический реализм ⓘ
hasKeyConcept ideinost (ideological content) ⓘ
klassovost (class character) ⓘ
narodnost (people-centeredness) ⓘ
partiinost (party-mindedness) ⓘ
typical characters in typical circumstances ⓘ
ideologicallyBasedOn Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
Stalin era ⓘ
surface form: Stalinism
influencedBy 19th-century realism ⓘ
Russian realist literature ⓘ
revolutionary romanticism ⓘ
influencedMovement Cuban revolutionary art ⓘ
Maoist revolutionary art ⓘ
North Korean Juche art ⓘ
officialArtDoctrineOf Czechoslovakia ⓘ
North Korea ⓘ
surface form: Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Eastern Bloc ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic

Bulgaria ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of Bulgaria

China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China (early period)

Hungary ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of Hungary

Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of Poland

Revolutionary Government of Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cuba (early revolutionary period)

Yugoslavia ⓘ
surface form: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (early period)

Soviet Union ⓘ
opposesArtMovement abstract art ⓘ
avant-garde ⓘ
formalism ⓘ
periodOfGreatestProminence Stalin era ⓘ
promotesValue class consciousness ⓘ
collectivism ⓘ
communist ideals ⓘ
heroism of the working class ⓘ
optimism about socialism ⓘ
relatedConcept Stalinist architecture ⓘ
propaganda art ⓘ
socialist classicism ⓘ
usedAsToolFor legitimization of the communist party ⓘ
mass education ⓘ
political propaganda ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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Maksim Gorky → influenced → socialist realism ⓘ
Soviet literature → officialDoctrine → socialist realism ⓘ
socialist realism → hasAlternativeName → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sotsrealizm
Yevgeny Vuchetich → movement → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist realism
Kievskaya → architecturalStyle → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist Realism
Eastern Bloc → culturalPolicy → socialist realism ⓘ
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov → movement → socialist realism ⓘ
Pablo Neruda → movement → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist realism
Cai Guo-Qiang → influencedBy → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist Realism
Stalinist architecture → influencedBy → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist realism
Alexei Tolstoy → movement → socialist realism ⓘ
Russian literature → includesMovement → socialist realism ⓘ
Russian avant-garde → opposedBy → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist Realism
Palace of the Parliament → architecturalStyle → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist realism
Mikhail Sholokhov → movement → socialist realism ⓘ
Matvey Manizer → movement → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist realism
Rzeki płoną → literaryMovement → socialist realism ⓘ
Belarusian literature → influencedBy → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist realism
Hikmet → movement → socialist realism ⓘ
subject surface form: Nâzim Hikmet
Şeyh Bedreddin Destanı → literaryMovement → socialist realism ⓘ
Memleketimden İnsan Manzaraları → literaryMovement → socialist realism ⓘ
Anna Seghers → movement → socialist realism ⓘ
Vera Isaeva → movement → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet realism
Soviet Pavilion (1937 Paris Exposition) → architecturalStyle → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist Realism
ლეო ქიაჩელი → movement → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: სოციალისტური რეალიზმი
Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto → movement → socialist realism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist realism
Ilya Kabakov → influencedBy → socialist realism ⓘ