Socialist realism in uzbek literature

Abstract

Socialist realism can be described as a literary movement that aims to reflect the social realities in a revolutionary way and with a Marxist approach, by considering the human in their social relations. The term socialist realism was first used by Gronsky in Literaturnaya Gazyetta (Literary Newspaper) published in the Soviet Union on May 23, 1932. The Great October Socialist Revolution ushered in a new era in human history, the epoch of socialism. The peoples within the Soviet state were given the right to establish autonomous republics in 1924, and it was aimed to open a wide and smooth political, economic and cultural development path for the peoples within the Soviet state. As a result of the Great October Revolution and after the Socialist Revolution and Leninist national policy, Soviet peoples' literatures, including Uzbek Soviet literature, was shaped as a new type of literature. In this study, the emergence and formation of Uzbek Soviet Literature depending on social and political factors will be discussed. According to the needs of the period, detailed information will be given about the works written by Uzbek authors.

Keywords

• 20th century uzbek literature
• socialist realism
• ussr
• cpsu