От името на Партията: теоретичните текстове на Александър Обретенов за социалистическия реализъм (1940-те - 1960-те години)
On behalf of the Party: Theoretical Texts by Alexander Obretenov on Socialist Realism (1940’s – 1960’s)

Summary/Abstract: The disputable problematic of the article “On behalf of the Party: Theoretical Texts by Alexander Obretenov on Socialist Realism (1940’s – 1960’s)” by Ina Belcheva impresses with its strive for analytical insight and objectivity in discussing important concepts of the essence and prac¬tice of socialist realism in Bulgaria. The PhD student regards the concept as one externally imposed on the local environment, as a conflict between ideological and artistic requirements and a gap between prescribed norms and artistic results. The text convinces that the new generation of researchers have their own chances to achieve a more adequate reading of the recent past.Architect Alexander Obretenov was a leading culture ideologist during the first two decades of Communist rule in Bulgaria. His texts provide a veritable illustration of the artistic climate in the country during various periods of Communism, and serve as an authentic testimony for the theoretic background of the method of socialist realism in Bulgaria. The article hereby examines theoretical publications by Obretenov from 1945 untill 1966 as well as excerpts from stenographic record files of expert commissions taking part in the discussion of the Monument of Soviet army and Brotherhood Commemorative Mound in Sofia. It is an attempt to reveal the role of this figure in the cultural life as well as to discuss the views of artists, art critics and art historians on the normative aesthetics of socialist realism and the difficulties of its implementation in practice.

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