socialist realism
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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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Socialist realism | 0 | 2 |
| Socialist Realism | 0 | 1 |
| Sotsrealizm | 0 | 1 |
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 (8)
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Socialist Realism
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Sotsrealizm
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Socialist realism
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Socialist realism