CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Bumbak, Silvija |
|---|---|
| Title | The Dynamics of Socialist Realism in Early Yugoslav Film and Literature (1945-1956) |
| Summary | In the time frame covering the initial, immediate post-WWII years (1945-1948), stretching into the following Cominform period (1948-1956), this thesis aims at analyzing Yugoslav cinematography with a primary focus on the domestic Partisan film genre which largely manifested the affirmation of the regime and, to that end, adopted the elements of socialist realist legacy. My attempt is to trace the oscillating development of this artistic style from the years of its firm grip on Yugoslav culture into the period of conditioned relaxation. In doing so, an important prism of observation is not only the domain of contemporary political processes, but also debates in the literary sphere, namely the Conflict on the literary left, which embodies both of these aspects. In this manner, I will demonstrate how Partisan film, despite being the official genre, experienced some fundamental changes occurring on the threshold of liberalizing tendencies. The subject will also be observed through various Soviet-Yugoslav relation shifts, the alterations on the level of cinematographic institutional organization, and the influence of Agitprop and film censorship. |
| Supervisor | Balázs Trencsényi |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/bumbak_silvija.pdf |
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