Literature and Revolution
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Literature and Revolution is Leon Trotsky’s influential 1920s work of literary criticism that analyzes the relationship between art, culture, and socialist revolution.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
work of literary criticism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Leon Trotskyism ⓘ |
| author | Leon Trotsky ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticizes |
bourgeois literary criticism
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formalism in art ⓘ purely utilitarian views of art ⓘ |
| discusses |
Futurism
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Realism ⓘ Russian literature ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ world literature ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Literature and Revolution self-link ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist criticism
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literary criticism ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on Russian literary movements
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essays on art and revolution ⓘ theoretical chapters on art and class ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a classic of Marxist literary theory ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
early Soviet cultural debates
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post–Russian Civil War period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Western Marxist aesthetics
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debates on proletarian literature ⓘ later Marxist literary criticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Marxist theory of culture
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Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1917
|
| libraryOfCongressClassification | PN99.T7 ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Marxist aesthetics
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relationship between literature and revolution ⓘ role of art in socialist society ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Proletkult movement
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discussion of the future of culture under socialism ⓘ systematic Marxist analysis of literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance | dialectical materialism ⓘ |
| positionOnArt |
art cannot be mechanically subordinated to politics
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art should be autonomous yet historically conditioned ⓘ revolution creates new conditions for artistic development ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1923 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | State Publishing House (Gosizdat) ⓘ |
| supports |
proletarian culture
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socialist revolution ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Marxism
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historical materialism ⓘ |
| writtenInDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
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