Socialist Realism in a New Perspective. A Proposal of Literary History Analysis
Socialist Realism in a New Perspective. A Proposal of Literary History Analysis
Author(s): Katarzyna ChmielewskaSubject(s): Political history, Comparative Study of Literature, History of Communism, Theory of Literature
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: communism; Polish history; habitus;
Summary/Abstract: This article offers an attempt to look anew at the infamous phenomenon of socialist realism. The author describes the literature of the period and the debates that revolved around it at the time, as well as the new, Marxist criticism and history of literature. An examination of the existing research paradigm leads her to note the need for its expansion and propose an analysis of socialist realism applying Pierre Bourdieu’s categories of distinction, symbolic capital and habitus.
Journal: Studia Litteraria et Historica
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 1-23
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English