Realisms in Contemporary Culture (linguae & litterae) by Dorothee / Butter, Stella Birke

By Dorothee / Butter, Stella Birke

‘Realism’ is a pervasive time period in discussions of up to date advancements in literature and movie. through drawing on varied theories of realism, the authors discover how the time period can be used as a worthy suggestion with a view to examine and assessment present developments in cultural construction and, in flip, how cultural creation alterations our realizing of what counts as ‘realism’. the amount bargains with media-specific and nationwide traditions of realism, thereby providing a transdisciplinary engagement with varieties and socio-political features of ‘realism’ in modern culture.

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