Aesthetics of Alienation Reassessment of Early Soviet Cultural Theories |
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| Author:
| Dobrenko, Evgeny |
| Translator:
| Savage, Jesse |
| Series title: | Studies in Russian Literature and Theory Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8101-2025-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2005 |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $79.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More Description 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.