A Study Of Soviet Literary Criticism After The Great Patriotic War

Zhdanov was one of the Soviet ideology leaders during1930-1948. Under the direct command of Stalin, Zhdanov was comprehensively intervened in the Soviet literary ideology, cultural institutions, literary criticism and literary Publishing. In1946, under Stalin and Zhdanov’s direct, Bolshevik Central adopted the Resolution of Star and Leningrad. Then Zhdanov made a speech in Leningrad. The resolution and speech were typical texts of the Soviet literary moral criticism after the Great Patriotic War.This dissertation is based on a comprehensive interpretation of Bolshevik Central’s resolution and Zhdanov’s speech. It discusses three topics:"Class" and the judging criteria of Soviet literary moral criticism after Great Patriotic War;"People" and the relying object of Soviet literary moral criticism after Great Patriotic War;"Institution" and the executive means of Soviet literary moral criticism after Great Patriotic War.