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social realism

Noun

Meaning

social realism (uncountable)

An art and film movement that critically portrays the everyday lives of the working class and the poor.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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By the 1880s, however, psychological and social realism were competing with Romanticism in the novel. Source: Internet

In many areas built after 1945, especially in the city centre, which had been destroyed due to Allied bombing, social realism is prevalent. Source: Internet

Influenced by his childhood interest in the social realism of 1960s "kitchen sink" television plays, Morrissey wrote about ordinary people and their experiences with despair, rejection and death. Source: Internet

Political awareness and social realism (1965-1980) The period after 1965 represented a sharp expansion of market for Norwegian fiction. Source: Internet

Robinson, pp. 469–472, p. 474. It was his first feature in 15 years to adopt political references and social realism, Maland (1989), p. 150. a factor that attracted considerable press coverage despite Chaplin's attempts to downplay the issue. Source: Internet

Some authors began to write novels and poems in a language targeted so that people could recognize themselves, often known as social realism literature. Source: Internet

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