Realism

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Marie L

 

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February 15, 2013

 

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Discussions on whether mainstream or avant garde cinema is a closer form of reality are still based on the infamous Lukacs and Brecht debates ? two principal theorists of realism within the Marxist tradition. I will be linking ?Divine Intervention' - a modern day experimental film by director Elia Suleiman - to these foundations and verifying that this film meets the Brechtian criteria for a realistic medium of art...
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The aim for both of these Marxists' was that art should go beyond the surface of things - activating amongst the masses resistance against fascism. Despite this common denominator, the differences between Lukacs and Brecht differed greatly. Lukacs (1885 ? 1971) ? Hungarian Marxist Philosopher, writer and literary critic ? held firmly to the belief that novelists such as Balzac and Stendhal, through their books, promoted an understanding that the knowledge of the 19th century society could be changed by purposeful action...
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