socialist realism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocialistandrealism
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socialist
adjective
uk/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl.ɪst/us/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl.ɪst/
supporting or relating ...
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realism
noun[U]
uk/ˈrɪə.lɪ.zəm/us/ˈriː.ə-/
a way of thinking and acting based on facts and what is possible, rather than on hopes for things that are unlikely ...
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(Definition ofsocialistandrealismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsocialist realism
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One could dilate at length on this exhibition ofsocialistrealism.
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Perhaps more significant were the newly dominant language ideologies that came packaged with the rise ofsocialistrealism.
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In its contrasting opposition to ideological aesthetics of 'socialistrealism', any electronic music movement would be far from official government or institutional support.
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Socialistrealismis based upon the fundamentals of art from the last century.
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It pushed the party line on socrealizm ('socialistrealism'), but not exclusively or dogmatically.
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Scholars have traditionally viewedsocialistrealismas a doctrine with such stringent requirements that artists could never hope to meet them.
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This system assumes considerable prior knowledge on the part of the target audience and ignores the fact thatsocialistrealismsought to emulate the bourgeois tradition rather than subvert it.
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And because the initial responses tosocialistrealismwere so varied, there is no surprise to see a multiplicity of musical reactions once the cultural strictures were lifted.
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Consistent with the values ofsocialistrealism, modernism was criticized as old-fashioned and irrelevant to the masses, while the bourgeois nineteenth-century model was touted as new and accessible.
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Several other works in the style ofsocialistrealismwere written during the 1930s.
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That style continued into the post-war period, as life under the newsocialistrealismtook hold.
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Socialistrealismis an example of such teleologically-oriented art that promoted socialism and communism.
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All of the fantastic tales are written in the style of fantastic realism, which combines phantasmagorical art withsocialistrealism.
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Famra, lifelong communist, became one of prominent artists ofsocialistrealism.
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Audiences soon tired of thesocialistrealismand class struggle depicted in the films.
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After all, the heroes of capitalist realism, unlike the heroes ofsocialistrealism, are the rogues, the mavericks, the outliers, the individuals.
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The novel was published in 1936 in book form in a heavily edited version that conformed to the rules ofsocialistrealism.
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The official and obligatory architectural style and art movement of the communist system wassocialistrealism.
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The official literary style becamesocialistrealismand all avantgarde leanings were suppressed.
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