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A Critical Defense of Socialist Realism – David Pearson Essay Preview: A Critical Defense of Socialist Realism – David Pearson Report this essay A Critical Defense of Socialist Realism: Shostakovichs 5th Symphony versus the Shoddy Scholarship of Anti-Communist Re-Interpretation David Pearson December, 2009 The dominant narrative on Shostakovich, found in CD liner notes, concert programs,.