The aesthetic and intellectual representations of personality traits in socialist artistic discourse

Abstract

Abstract

This research examines the aesthetic and intellectual representations of personality traits in socialist artistic discourse. It comprises four chapters:

Chapter One is dedicated to outlining the research problem, its significance and necessity, its objective, its scope, and defining key terms. The research problem is summarized in the following question: What are the aesthetic and intellectual representations of personality traits in socialist artistic discourse?

The importance of this research lies in its benefit to those interested in the visual arts movement in general, through its findings and conclusions.

The researcher found a pressing need for this study, as the topic has not been explored in such detail previously, and to provide scholarly material that meets the needs of Iraqi libraries.

The research has a comprehensive objective: to identify the aesthetic and intellectual representations of personality traits in socialist artistic discourse. The scope of the research is limited to studying these aesthetic and intellectual representations of personality traits in socialist artistic discourse. Chapter Two comprised the theoretical framework and a review and discussion of previous studies. It addressed three main topics: the concept of personal characteristics; the concept of socialist artistic discourse; and the indicators derived from the theoretical framework and previous studies. Chapter Three detailed the research methodology, including the study population of 30 individuals and a sample of 3 models. This sample, representing 10% of the target population, was selected using purposive sampling. The chapter also outlined the research methodology, the research instrument, and the analysis of the sample models.

Chapter Four presented the research findings, conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions. Among the findings were:

1. Personal characteristics in artistic discourse are not merely entities within the artwork itself, but rather symbolic expressions reflecting the human experience within its social and political context. While socialist art celebrates humanity as a unified collective agent, the analysis of personality transcends the boundaries of artistic expression to reveal deeper structures related to identity, time, power, and belonging, as demonstrated in all the sample models. 2. The characteristics of the individual in contemporary socialist art are predominantly collectivist, sacrificial, disciplined, and realistic. They embody psychological traits such as trust, enthusiasm, justice, sociability, tolerance, love for others, and emotional warmth.

Conclusions:

1. The ideological and symbolic framework of socialist art emerged. Its purpose is to build collective consciousness, express self-identity, and foster collective, national, and individual identity. Emotions are positive and organized, or contradictory and chaotic. The relationship with society is characterized by harmony and belonging, or conflict and alienation.
2. The fundamental difference between the two trends lies in the nature of the relationship between the individual and society. Socialist art presents the individual as part of the whole.