Realism
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Realism
（Modern literatures in perspective）
Longman, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: pbk ISBN 9780582085312
Description
All students of literature come into contact with the central concept of Realism at some time. Professor Furst's collection of seminal work on the subject provides the essential introduction to and exploration of its meaning. The study explores the range of critical responses from the reflections of Balzac and Henry James to, amongst other humanist, marxist, psychoanalytic, feminist and postmodern perspectives.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Contemporary views and reviews: Balzac on his role as secretary to society
- Balzac addresses the reader about truth
- Duranty on the principles of realism
- George Lewes on realism in art
- George Eliot on truthfulness
- Flaubert on writing "Madam Bovary"
- Henry James on the art of fiction
- Maupassant on realism as "illusionism". Part 2 Humanist readings: Erich Auerbach on Stendhal, Balzac and Flaubert
- Ian Watt on realism and the novel form. Part 3 Modern readings: Marxist - George Lukacs on Balzac's "Lost Illusions"
- Pierre Macherey on Balzac's "Les Paysans"
- Structuralist - Roland Barthes on the reality effect in descriptions
- David Lodge on Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain"
- Rhetorical - Philippe Hamon on the major features of realist discourse
- David Lodge on Dickens' "Hard Times"
- Reader-oriented - Wolfgang Iser on the play of the text
- Kendall L. Walton on pretending belief
- Psychoanalytic - Peter Brooks on the plot dynamics of "Great Expectations"
- Leo Bersani on realism and the fear of desire, Postmodern - J. Hillis Miller on the fiction of realism, Penny Boumelha on realism and feminism.
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ISBN 9780582085329
Description
This is a series on modern international authors, works and concepts. This series meets the needs of all those studying and teaching international literatures whether studied in the original language or in translation. Realism is one of the most common terms used in literary criticism yet it is one of the most difficult to define clearly. In this volume Professor Furst guides the student through the complexities of this difficult subject. He offers students the best writings on the subject in one volume. A substantial introduction, headnotes and a glossary of terms provide a wider context for the essays and explain, clearly, terms with which the student may be unfamiliar. It is an undergraduate text ideal for courses in 19th and 20th century literature, literature theory, comparative literature and literature in translation.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Contemporary views and reviews: Balzac on his role as secretary to society
- Balzac addresses the reader about truth
- Duranty on the principles of realism
- George Lewes on realism in art
- George Eliot on truthfulness
- Flaubert on writing "Madam Bovary"
- Henry James on the art of fiction
- Maupassant on realism as "illusionism". Part 2 Humanist readings: Erich Auerbach on Stendhal, Balzac and Flaubert
- Ian Watt on realism and the novel form. Part 3 Modern readings: Marxist - George Lukacs on Balzac's "Lost Illusions"
- Pierre Macherey on Balzac's "Les Paysans"
- Structuralist - Roland Barthes on the reality effect in descriptions
- David Lodge on Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain"
- Rhetorical - Philippe Hamon on the major features of realist discourse
- David Lodge on Dickens' "Hard Times"
- Reader-oriented - Wolfgang Iser on the play of the text
- Kendall L. Walton on pretending belief
- Psychoanalytic - Peter Brooks on the plot dynamics of "Great Expectations"
- Leo Bersani on realism and the fear of desire, Postmodern - J. Hillis Miller on the fiction of realism, Penny Boumelha on realism and feminism.
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