The socialist side of world literature / Yanli He.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

He, Yanli, 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialist realism in literature.

Socialism in literature.

Socialism and literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 467 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2025]

Summary:

"This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the diversity of Socialist Literature worldwide through the lens of Minor and Small Literature, exploring the multifaceted dimensions and complexities of World Literature and Socialist World Literature"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Equal aesthetic rights, semi-centers/peripheries, and the birth of Socialist Realism

Water curtain and world literature : samizdat, tamizdat, and Sots-Art

Joseph Remenyi, Small Nation Literature and Socialist World Literature

Australian experience : from Bush realism to Socialist Realism

Caribbean experience : left of Karl Marx and right of Coca-Cola Kangaroo

China's odyssey to anti-colonialism and Socialist World Literature : Zhou Yang and Chinese Socialist Realism

Clouds pregnant with moisture : Alex la Guma's Socialist Realism

From the cloud curtain to a sugar castle : Ousmane Sembéne's Socialist Realism

Moondiamonds : blood and sweat with Pablo Neruda's applied poetics

Global North and the semi-fourth world : W.E.B. du Bois and Richard Wright's encounter with Social(ist) Realism

Global South and the fourth world : Margaret Tucker, Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Melissa Lucashenko's engagement with socialism and realism

Epilogue. The Socialist Realism frame and Socialist World Literature in the post-Soviet age.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: He, Yanli, 1984- Socialist side of world literature

ISBN:

9781793650566

179365056X

OCLC:

1460939999