Realism or ‘realisms’? Realism and the Cinema Defining Social Realism
There is some fairly good summarising of the source text here showing some understanding of the material. The problems of the critical phrasal term “social realism” are outlined. The presentation draws our attention to the problematical association of the term “social realism” with other terms such as “working class realism” and “kitchen sink realism”, but falls short of clarifying why these terms are not synonymous. The historical background which explains the social-cultural developments that paved the way for the realism movement is given a passing visual reference in the form of titles of realist works, but it is not as sufficiently summarised as it needs to be. Carroll’s suggestion that the critical term ‘realism’ should always have a prefix is effectively highlighted; the prefix terms could be annotated with examples. The breakdown of criteria used by Williams to qualify a text as realist is not sufficiently paraphrased to demonstrate understanding. The critical theories and ideas of Kracauer, Bazin, Branston and Stafford and Hayward are all too important in this discourse to omit. Try to summarise them.
Some good initial employment of some of Prezi’s basic features. Graphics are used well here to identify key texts. Try to use Prezi’s features more dynamically. For example, more use could have been made of Prezi’s resizing tool to conceal subsidiary text and graphics within primary text. This would have enabled you to annotate effectively around key terms and ideas so as to explore their meaning and significance. The framing tool can be used to group ideas and sections and sub-sections of analysis as well as for framing blocks of text. Keywords could be highlighted.
Social Realism in the British Context
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Realism and the Cinema
Defining Social Realism
There is some fairly good summarising of the source text here showing some understanding of the material. The problems of the critical phrasal term “social realism” are outlined. The presentation draws our attention to the problematical association of the term “social realism” with other terms such as “working class realism” and “kitchen sink realism”, but falls short of clarifying why these terms are not synonymous. The historical background which explains the social-cultural developments that paved the way for the realism movement is given a passing visual reference in the form of titles of realist works, but it is not as sufficiently summarised as it needs to be. Carroll’s suggestion that the critical term ‘realism’ should always have a prefix is effectively highlighted; the prefix terms could be annotated with examples. The breakdown of criteria used by Williams to qualify a text as realist is not sufficiently paraphrased to demonstrate understanding. The critical theories and ideas of Kracauer, Bazin, Branston and Stafford and Hayward are all too important in this discourse to omit. Try to summarise them.
Some good initial employment of some of Prezi’s basic features. Graphics are used well here to identify key texts. Try to use Prezi’s features more dynamically. For example, more use could have been made of Prezi’s resizing tool to conceal subsidiary text and graphics within primary text. This would have enabled you to annotate effectively around key terms and ideas so as to explore their meaning and significance. The framing tool can be used to group ideas and sections and sub-sections of analysis as well as for framing blocks of text. Keywords could be highlighted.
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