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Sometimes considered a variety of [[literary minimalism]], dirty realism is characterized by an economy with words and a focus on surface description. Writers working within the genre tend to avoid [[adverb]]s, extended [[metaphor]] and [[internal monologue]], instead allowing objects and context to dictate meaning. Characters are shown in ordinary, unremarkable occupations, and often a lack of resources and money that creates an internal desperation.<ref>[http://www.themodernnovel.org/movements/dirty/ themodernnovel.org]</ref> |
Sometimes considered a variety of [[literary minimalism]], dirty realism is characterized by an economy with words and a focus on surface description. Writers working within the genre tend to avoid [[adverb]]s, extended [[metaphor]] and [[internal monologue]], instead allowing objects and context to dictate meaning. Characters are shown in ordinary, unremarkable occupations, and often a lack of resources and money that creates an internal desperation.<ref>[http://www.themodernnovel.org/movements/dirty/ themodernnovel.org]</ref> |
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After Buford's categorisation, the definition has expanded to include, according to Michael Hemmingson, as the movement's "godfather" [[Charles Bukowski]] (1920–1994), |
After Buford's categorisation, the definition has expanded to include, according to Michael Hemmingson, as the movement's "godfather" [[Charles Bukowski]] (1920–1994), as well as those who appeared in ''Granta'' 8, including [[Raymond Carver]]<ref>[[Michael Hemmingson|Hemmingson, Michael]]. The Dirty Realism Duo: Charles Bukowski & Raymond Carver. California: Borgo Press, 2008.</ref> (1938–1988), [[Tobias Wolff]]<ref>[http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/books/article.html?in_article_id=241644&in_page_id=28 Wolf, Tobias. "Our Story Begins excels in dirty realism | Metro.co.uk." | Metro.co.uk. 20 July 2008. 30 Dec. 2008]</ref> (b. 1945), [[Richard Ford]] (b. 1944), [[Larry Brown (author)|Larry Brown]] (1951–2004), [[Frederick Barthelme]] (b. 1943), [[Cormac McCarthy]] (b. 1933), [[Pedro Juan Gutiérrez]] (b. 1950), [[:es:Fernando Velázquez Medina|Fernando Velázquez Medina]] (b. 1951), [[Carson McCullers]] (1917–1967), and [[Jayne Anne Phillips]]<ref>Jarvis, Brian, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb351/is_2001_Annual/ai_n28890341/ "How Dirty is Jayne Anne Phillips?"] Yearbook of English Studies, 2001 Annual.</ref> (b. 1952). These authors have rarely accepted or self-applied this term, despite close associations and affinities. |
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Revision as of 17:37, 6 June 2021
Dirty realism is a term coined by Bill Buford of Granta magazine to define a North American literary movement. Writers in this sub-category of realism are said to depict the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life in spare, unadorned language.[1] The term formed the title of the Summer 1983 edition of Granta, for which Buford wrote an explanatory introduction:
Dirty Realism is the fiction of a new generation of American authors. They write about the belly-side of contemporary life – a deserted husband, an unwed mother, a car thief, a pickpocket, a drug addict – but they write about it with a disturbing detachment, at times verging on comedy. Understated, ironic, sometimes savage, but insistently compassionate, these stories constitute a new voice in fiction.[2]
Sometimes considered a variety of literary minimalism, dirty realism is characterized by an economy with words and a focus on surface description. Writers working within the genre tend to avoid adverbs, extended metaphor and internal monologue, instead allowing objects and context to dictate meaning. Characters are shown in ordinary, unremarkable occupations, and often a lack of resources and money that creates an internal desperation.[3]
After Buford's categorisation, the definition has expanded to include, according to Michael Hemmingson, as the movement's "godfather" Charles Bukowski (1920–1994), as well as those who appeared in Granta 8, including Raymond Carver[4] (1938–1988), Tobias Wolff[5] (b. 1945), Richard Ford (b. 1944), Larry Brown (1951–2004), Frederick Barthelme (b. 1943), Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933), Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (b. 1950), Fernando Velázquez Medina (b. 1951), Carson McCullers (1917–1967), and Jayne Anne Phillips[6] (b. 1952). These authors have rarely accepted or self-applied this term, despite close associations and affinities.
See also
References
- ^ "Definition: Dirty Realism". Online dictionary service in English, Spanish, German and other languages by. 20 July 2008. 30 Dec. 2008 <http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definitions/dirty%20realism>.
- ^ Granta Magazine, Summer 1983
- ^ themodernnovel.org
- ^ Hemmingson, Michael. The Dirty Realism Duo: Charles Bukowski & Raymond Carver. California: Borgo Press, 2008.
- ^ Wolf, Tobias. "Our Story Begins excels in dirty realism | Metro.co.uk." | Metro.co.uk. 20 July 2008. 30 Dec. 2008
- ^ Jarvis, Brian, "How Dirty is Jayne Anne Phillips?" Yearbook of English Studies, 2001 Annual.
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