Socialist Literature : Theory and Practice

Abdulla M. Al-Dabbagh

ISBN 10: 1433132265 / ISBN 13: 9781433132261

Verlag: Peter Lang, 2015

Beschreibung

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Socialist Literature studies the relationship between the development of socialist literary theory and the process of cultural transformation in modern society by tracing the outline of the theory in the works of Marx, Lenin, and Mao, and examining its reflection in actual works of literature. This analysis is set alongside a detailed examination of the literary part of the cultural superstructure in China and in the Soviet Union. Among the major literary and theoretical works discussed are The Communist Manifesto, Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art, Gorky's Mother, and the poetry of Mayakovsky. Key issues, like the position of the writer in society, the relationship of the old and the new in literature, and the much discussed relationship between the «creator» and the «audience», are examined and explained in a different light by regarding them as more than purely theoretical issues or abstract cultural problems and, instead, considering them as social issues that can only be settled at the level of practice. Abdulla Al-Dabbagh amplifies the area of research by discussing some of the major opposing positions to the theory outlined and, by examining at length the portrayal of proletarian heroism, one of its key concepts, in the literary works of the same epoch. The result of the close textual analysis of a large number of major works of poetry, drama, and fiction reveals the course of the artistic development to be complementary to that of the theoretical advance.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781433132261

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Socialist Literature : Theory and Practice
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1433132265
• ISBN-13: 9781433132261
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 225B x 150 H x 13 T Millimeter Breite: 225 mm, Höhe: 150 mm, Tiefe: 13 mm
• Gewicht: 335 Gramm

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Socialist Literature studies the relationship between the development of socialist literary theory and the process of cultural transformation in modern society by tracing the outline of the theory in the works of Marx, Lenin, and Mao, and examining its reflection in actual works of literature.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Abdulla Al Dabbagh is Professor of English Literature at the United Arab Emirates University. He holds a BA from Wesleyan University, an M.Litt. from Cambridge University, and a PhD from Essex University. He has taught English, American, and world literatures, literary criticism, comparative literature, and translation at universities in Iraq, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of Literary Orientalism, Postcolonialism, and Universalism; Shakespeare, the Orient, and the Critics; and D. H. Lawrence: A Study of Literary Fascism.