Realisms in Contemporary Culture: Theories, Politics, and Medial Configurations

Published by De Gruyter 2013

Realisms in Contemporary Culture

Theories, Politics, and Medial Configurations

Edited by: Dorothee Birke and Stella Butter

Volume 21 in the series linguae & litterae

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110312911

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‘Realism’ is a pervasive term in discussions of contemporary developments in the cultural sphere. By drawing on different theories of realism, the authors explore how the term may be used as a helpful concept in order to analyse and evaluate current trends in cultural production and, in turn, how cultural production changes our understanding of what counts as ‘realism’. The contributions deal with realism in narrative fiction, drama and audiovisual media (film, television news) within the context of national traditions: examples drawn on in the case studies range from Africa, Britain, Germany, Iceland, Russia, Turkey to the United States. While the authors take their cues from media-specific ‘realisms’, focusing especially on narrative fiction, the volume also highlights continuities and intersections between notions of realism in different genres and media. With its original essays, this collection invigorates the transdisciplinary engagement with forms and socio-political functions of realism in contemporary culture.

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Dorothee Birke, FRIAS, Freiburg; Stella Butter, University of Mannheim.

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Introduction Dorothee Birke and Stella Butter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Making the Case for Metonymic Realism Pam Morris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Truth Claims in the Contemporary Novel: The Authenticity Effect, Allegory, and Totality Georgia Christinidis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Realism, Women Writers and the Contemporary British Novel Nick Turner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Ousmane Sembène’s Hybrid ‘Truth’ – Social(ist) Realism and Postcolonial Writing Back Gesine Drews-Sylla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
More is Less: Representing the Planet Elizabeth Allen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Ecocritical Realism: Nature, Culture, and Reality in Icelandic Environmental Literature Reinhard Hennig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Exhibiting Lost Love: The Relational Realism of Things in Orhan Pamuk’s The Museum of Innocence and Leanne Shapton’s Important Artifacts Zuzanna Jakubowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Realisms in British Drama since the 1990s: Anthony Neilson’s Realism and Gregory Burke’s Black Watch Janine Hauthal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Reality and Realism in Contemporary German Theatre Performances Ulrike Garde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
The Parodic Play with Realist Aesthetics and Authenticity Claims in Cheryl Dunye’s Black Queer Mockumentary The Watermelon Woman Heike Schäfer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Visual Event Realism Guido Isekenmeier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of literary, cultural and media studies
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 234
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 7
- Coloured Illustrations: 6
Keywords: Realism; Contemporary Culture; Novel; Drama

eBook

Published: August 1, 2013
ISBN: 9783110312911

Hardcover

Published: July 17, 2013
ISBN: 9783110307511