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Se rebaten dos tipos de críticas sobre Cuentos de barro (1933), de Salarrué: se cuestionan interpretaciones que identifican a los personajes con los indígenas y los negros reales de El Salvador en las décadas de 1920 y 1930; por otra parte, se disputan las críticas académicas que, a pesar de reconocer el ingrediente inventivo en las representaciones de los personajes, califican la ficción de un acto engañoso. Con el análisis de «El negro», con atención en el discurso metafórico, el realismo de Salarrué es más complejo que el realismo concebido como una copia fiel del mundo real. The study refutes two types of criticism about Cuentos de barro (1933), by Salarrué. It questions interpretations identifying the characters with real indigenous and black people in El Salvador in the 1920s and 1930s. Moreover, it argues against academic criticism which, in spite of acknowledging the non-realistic traits of the characters, describes the fiction as misleading. Through the analysis of “El negro”, with attention to the metaphoric discourse, Salarrué’s realism is viewed as more complex than realism conceived of as a faithful copy of the real world.

The first realist artists, suchas Courbet, Champfleury, Duranty or Buchon (also called "realists of sincerity"), theorized the concept of realism as an aesthetic, social and politic revolution, and they considered realism as the only way to speak of and to the people. Their attitude towards art and literature was close to what Sartre would later call "engagement." However, even if this movement seemed ideally positioned to create a truly "engaged literature,"realist artists never managed to bring their theoretical intentions to full fruition in their works. This failure could be due to their inability to create a new language that could reach the people, or to "become" common people themselves, as Sartre would say. Or it might simply stem from their basic concept of "sincerity," an ethical impossibility to speak of an unknown world. This limited engagement led them in fact to a dead end. (In French) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides information on the letters of French novelist, Gustave Flaubert leading exponent of literary realism in France. Topics include archaeologist of novelistic project bringing together the materials needed to resurrect a vanished city and civilization, documentary sources of "Salammbo" and physiognomy.

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The essay quickly dismisses the question of realism as a spurious category and unverifiable in terms of language. Moreover – assuming the Wu Ming’s perspective – the point is not represented by the facts, but the mechanisms of communication and inflation of narratives that alter, from an ideological perspective, the perception of the world. Literature takes therefore the responsibility to offer an interpretation that challenges the conformism and the one-sidedness with which reality – history, in particular – is often read, to create a new space of freedom. Wu Ming put in the center of the novel the complexity of history to highlight the ideological readings of which it is the result.

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Toda empresa autobiográfica exige cierto grado de verismo (la "realidad" aludida por Kramarae) por parte de la persona literaria: el "peso de la realidad" en palabras de la poeta. Al reclamar su autoría, Helena Ospina cumple cabalmente con este cometido en Andadura de vida porque nombra y renombra los artificios estéticos que son pilares de la posmodernidad. Al hacer justicia a este juicio, se debe recordar que tanto poetas como autobiógrafas (Helena Ospina es ambas) se interpretan a través de múltiples lecturas. El discurso crítico se simplifica o se complica con la investigación y la actividad textual desplegada en la obra literaria como espacio socio-cultural del lenguaje del "yo", acompañado del socorrido retrato y el autorretrato esparcidos por el libro. La escritura ospiniana da coherencia a la fragmentación consciente o inconsciente del sujeto desenmascarado en una técnica discursiva que hace de su vida cotidiana e incluso de su profesión un acto público como lo es la autobiografía poética.

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Copyright of Journal of Faculty of Letters / Edebiyat Fakultesi Dergisi is the property of Hacettepe University Faculty of Letters and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

This article discusses the French poet Charles Baudelaire. He wrote in the philosophical tradition of romanticism. His style was in contrast to the tradition of realism. Other themes of the article include aristocracy, the decadence of individuals, and comparisons to the French author Victor Hugo.

The article presents literary criticism of the novel "Safa ou la saison des pluies," by Ahmad Al-Malik. Topics include a discussion of neo-realist movements in literature, the importance of geography in the novel's depiction of Sudan, and the political systems and disasters that occur within the novel.