Speech culture in the context of socialist realism

The part of the Soviet speech culture which corresponds to the positions of socialist realism is studied. Value orientations and technological canons of speech culture caused by the method of socialist realism are discussed. The differentiated criteria intended for the development of the models of speech culture corresponding to the positions of socialist realism are formulated. A sample of the Soviet speech art is analyzed. The empirical material of the study is stage speech art of the official branch of Soviet culture. The author explains the urgency of the comprehension of the stage speech art of the Soviet period by the absence of a scientific reflection on this issue and by the timeliness of its reconsideration. The author' previously developed typology of public speech culture is used as the methodological support of this research. This typology proves that stage speech art of the official branch of Soviet culture is of the rhetorical type. The purpose of the article is to formulate the logic-stylistic and intonation-melodic canons of stage speech art of the official branch of Soviet culture. The principles of socialist realism and the value orientations of stage speech art are analyzed. The possibility of applying the value orientations of stage speech art as criteria for the identification of rhetorical type models is argued. The correspondence between the general principles of socialist realism, the value orientations of stage speech art and its technological canons is established in the publication. The author determines the meaning of the term "canon" in connection with speech culture and stage speech art, establishes and justifies the technological canons connected with the logic and style of stage speech art, argues the action of four canons: "the priority of text", "illustrative quality", "intonation-melodic simplicity", "intonation-melodic solemnity". The results of linguistic studies are used for the substantiation of the logic-stylistic and intonation- melodic canons of stage speech art. The connection of vocabulary and syntax of stage speech is emphasized. The article testifies to the early formation of the "priority of text" canon, explains the principle of its implementation in speech culture and in stage speech art. The author pays special attention to the argumentation of the "illustrative quality" canon. The technology of the illustrative approach use in the stage representation of the author's text is described in the article. The author proves the connection betwen using simple speech tasks in the work with the text and the illustrative style in stage speech art.

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