The aim of this article is to examine the role and meaning of soundscape in the communist
myth. Three main issues are pointed out: acts of collective singing and mass songs lyrics;
the tension between sounds of nature and industrial sounds; the dichotomy between noise
and silence. The soundscape presented in socialist realist creative writing is dominated by loud
sonic phenomena. Noisy sounds are recognised as a sign of creating the brand new society
and industrial world, while silence and muffled sounds are considered threatening to the new order
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No. 33 (2016)
Published: 2016-10-28
10.31261/errgo
English
Język Polski