par Den Tandt, Christophe 
Référence BELL - Belgian journal of english language and literatures, 4, page (67-81)
Publication Publié, 2006
Référence BELL - Belgian journal of english language and literatures, 4, page (67-81)
Publication Publié, 2006
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | This essay examines the conditions of possibility for realism in several fields of contemporary culture—literature, painting, film, and TV news. It is argued that contemporary texts mobilize novel resources for the representation of the real. Realism in these works no longer takes the form of a seemingly self-evident mirroring of the world. Instead, the work of representation unfolds along several axes—fact-finding, metadiscourse, contractual negotiation, and praxis. Accordingly, contemporary realist texts display a hybrid make-up, mingling elements of classical mimesis and postmodernism. The essay indicates how this complex set of representational strategies informs alternative film-making (David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ, Lisa Cholodenko’s High Art), live TV news coverage of the 2003 Iraq campaign, and Michael Moore’s documentaries. |
