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Constructed and Manifest Truths in Music for Andrzej Wajda's Man of... Film Trilogy

Bruce, Amanda P.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu15280135787607

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2018, Master of Music, Youngstown State University, Dana School of Music.
This thesis addresses the societal impact of Communism, both during and after Stalinism, via the cultural manipulation of popular music in Polish film. I focus on the creation of the "mass song" a propagandist musical genre generated in Poland in the early 1950s. These "mass songs" projected an optimist message primarily focused on growth and progress after the devastation in which Poland was left after World War II. However, these mass songs emphasize the divide between their message of hope and optimism, versus the context of postwar struggle for many Poles. In turn, a layered sense of awareness of their culture existed for decades to follow. Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda fought governmental restrictions on artistic expression in his trilogy: Man of Marble (1976) Man of Iron (1981), Wałęsa—Man of Hope (2013). Man of Marble was one of the first films to address Poland’s Stalinist past. Music is used in the films to deconstruct the projected truths often presented to the Polish public to influence their opinion of Communism and the state of their country. These efforts at perceptual manipulation were stifled, thanks in part to films such as Wajda’s, which contributed to the Communist regime’s demise in 1989.
Ewelina Boczkowska, PhD (Advisor)
Paul Louth, PhD (Committee Member)
Steven Reale, PhD (Committee Member)
68 p.
Film Studies; History; Music
Polish history; Cold War Poland; Lech Walesa; Solidarity movement; Solidarnosc; Andrzej Wajda; Polish film; Stalinism; Socialist Realism; Polish cinema; Communism

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  • Bruce, A. P. (2018). Constructed and Manifest Truths in Music for Andrzej Wajda's Man of... Film Trilogy [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu15280135787607

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bruce, Amanda. Constructed and Manifest Truths in Music for Andrzej Wajda's Man of... Film Trilogy . 2018. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu15280135787607.

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  • Bruce, Amanda. "Constructed and Manifest Truths in Music for Andrzej Wajda's Man of... Film Trilogy ." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu15280135787607

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