Qfw*i<)l Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 8 DECEMBER 1979/ NUMBER 5/6 JANUARY 1980 CONTENTS G P Deshpande 3 Introduction G B Mohan 8 Marxian Literary Theory Anil Bhatti 30 Realism in Marxism Kalpana Sahni 52 Post-Revolutionary Soviet Cultural Scene Mihir Bhattacharya 68 Semi-Feudal Aesthetics Malini Bhattacharya 80 Marxian Aesthetics and People's Democratic Movement Geeta Kapoor 91 Realism and Modernism: A Polemic for Present-Day Art Ronxi Khosia 101 Aesthetics of Architecture NOTES Sarojmohan Mitra 115 Progressive Cultural Movement in Bengal Saeed Akhtar Mirza 121 Outlook for the Cinema Articles and notes express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.