The Lithuanian version of Socialist Realism: an imposed doctrine and incorporated tradition

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
The Lithuanian version of Socialist Realism: an imposed doctrine and incorporated tradition
In the Journal:
Slavic review. 2022, Vol. 81, no. 4, p. 936-954
Keywords:
LT
Literatūros teorija ir kritika / Literary science and criticism; Realizmas / Realism.
Summary / Abstract:

ENThe process of imposing socialist realism on Lithuanian literature, which became a part of the Soviet multinational project after the Soviet occupation in 1940, does not directly follow the general pattern of transferring the Russian model. The agents of the Soviet national literary field not only transposed standard socialist plots to local realia, but also had to transform them in order to legitimate occupation, to reject the legacy of the independent Lithuanian republic, and to reinterpret anti-Soviet resistance. In the process of inventing the national sources of socialist realism and forging “the most advanced artistic method,” overcoming the constraints of the Lithuanian literary tradition proved impossible. This article discusses the encounter of inherited literary structures with the external model and its effects on the development of Lithuanian socialist realism. [Publisher annotation]

DOI:
10.1017/slr.2023.5
ISSN:
0037-6779; 2325-7784
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