| The University of Pittsburgh Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Russian 2452: Socialist Realism Vladimir Padunov Fall Semester 2000 (01-1) CL 1433 CL 1221 e-mail: padunov@imap.pitt.edu Socialist realism, the fundamental method of Soviet literature and literary criticism, demands of the artist a truthful, historically concrete depiction of reality in its revolutionary development. The truthfulness and historical concreteness of the artistic depiction must be combined with the ideological remolding and reeducation of the working people in the spirit of socialism. Literaturnaia gazeta , 3 September 1934. I. Course Texts and Library Reserve: No texts have been ordered through the University Bookstore. Since reading assignments will be located in a large number of texts, photocopies of short assigned texts will be distributed in class. Similarly, since there will be times when the two groups of students will be reading different texts, students should either obtain the texts from the university library or purchase them in advance (amazon.com/bn.com/second-hand shops off Craig Street, etc.). Books have not been placed on reserve in the library in order to facilitate individual academic and work schedules. | |
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