Open AccessThe Context of the Marxist-Leninist View of Slovak Literature 1945-1969
Author(s) -
Norma L. Rudinsky
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
the carl beck papers in russian and east european studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-839X
pISSN - 0889-275X
DOI - 10.5195/cbp.1986.99
Subject(s) - slovak , criticism , émigré , context (archaeology) , marxist philosophy , democracy , epistemology , political science , sociology , literature , history , philosophy , politics , art , law , linguistics , archaeology , czech
This paper resulted from an attempt to explore factors determining or underlying the "Marxificalion" of Slovak literature after 1945-- an attempt motivated by a hunch that certain Marxisl-Leninisl principles had provided a different insight into Slovak literature from that provided by the liberal, democratic "aesthetic appreciation" school of criticism in prewar Czechoslovakia. The idea that Slovak literary criticism has thrived, relatively, since World War II is by no means new and was advanced, for example, by emigre crilics.