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REALISM

Problemsofdefini6on

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What do we understand to be real and how

are we making that assumption?

Platoidealforms

Kant-Transcendentalrealism

Scien6ficRealism-empiricism

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REALISM

ART

POLTICSSOCIETYETHICS

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EdouardManet

TheLuncheonontheGrass(Ledjeunersurl'herbe)183(rejectedfromtheParis

Salon)

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GustavCourbet

TheStudio1855StoneBreakers1849

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GustaveFlaubert

MadameBovarypublished1850-5

MadameBovaryisthestoryofEmmaBovary,anunhappilymarriedwomanwhoseeksescapethroughforbiddenrela6onshipswithothermen.

Thebookcouldbeviewedasanexposeofthesitua6onofwomeninthe19thcentury;womenwhohadnotyetbeenemancipatedandwereexpectedtoobeytheirhusbands,tostayintheir

homeswhilethemenwenttowork,orle\formonthsonendtofightinwars.

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EmmaBovaryalsoservesasavoiceforFlaubert,whopa]ernedthecharacter'spersonalitya\erhisown.EmmaBovary's"rebellious"a`tudeagainsttheacceptedideasoftheday,reflects

Flaubert'sviewsofthebourgeoisie.Ul6mately,MadameBovary'sindiscre6onsandherobsessionwithRomanceleadtoherdownfall,whichnotonlyappeasestheguardiansof

morality,butshowsusFlaubert'sviewoftheworldwasn'toneofnaiveop6mism.

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SovietSocialistRealism1930s

Propaganda!

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ItalianNeorealism1940/50

RobertoRossellini

Rome,OpenCity194

Vi]orioDeSicaTheBicycleThieves1948

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FrenchNewWaveCinema1950/0

JeanLucGoddard

Aboutdesouffle1960

Weekend1968FranoisTruffaut

Lesquatrecentscoups1959

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Characteris6cs

Con6nuousshot

Unexpectedly,illogically

Shoo6ngonloca6onNaturalligh6ng

Improviseddialogueandplo`ng

DirectsoundrecordingLongtake

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DanishDOGMAFilms

Dogmafilmsareshotwithahand-held

camera,withoutmood-music,setligh6ngor

specialeffects?Theyareliberatedfrom

tradi6onalfilm-making.Thestrictforms

produceareinventedformofrealism.

DanishDogmadirectors:

LarsvonTrierTheIdiots1998 ThomasVinterbergFesten1998

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Task:Tobepostedonblogsby1st

March.

Pleasewatchoneofthefilmsiden6fiedinthis

lecture.Throughyouranalysisandcontextual

enquirywriteafilmreviewthatcommentsonthe

filmsrela6onshiptoideasaboutRealism.Essays

shouldincludefocusedconsidera6onoftwo

scenesfromthefilm.Pleasereadtheintroduc6onto,LindaNochlins,Realism1971(PenquinNewYork)asanini6alsourceofresearch.

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