Try Erwin Pracht and Werner Neubert, Sozialistischer Realismus.
Positionen, Probleme, Perspektiven. Eine Einfuehrung (1970), esp.
chapter on 'Aesthetisches Ideal der Arbeiterklasse und
sozialistisches Menschenbild in der Kunst'. It sets out the theory of
what was required of the socialist hero - very much from the GDR
perspective and very much of its time (so Christa T. is explicitly
debarred from being a socialist heroine!).
What I suspect you really need is a balanced discussion from an
outside perspective. I'll let you know if I have any ideas on that
front (none immediately).
Georgina
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University of Warwick,
GB - Coventry CV4 7AL
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