Ethics and Aesthetics in Ali Smith’s Fiction
This study offers a fresh perspective on Ali Smith’s work, analysing her fiction through a truly interdisciplinary lens. José I. Prieto-Arranz explores Smith’s engagement with contemporary issues such as digital violence, disinformation, pornography, nationalism, climate change, discrimination, and...
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| description | This study offers a fresh perspective on Ali Smith’s work, analysing her fiction through a truly interdisciplinary lens. José I. Prieto-Arranz explores Smith’s engagement with contemporary issues such as digital violence, disinformation, pornography, nationalism, climate change, discrimination, and social fracture. Simultaneously, this book examines Smith’s unique stylistic choices, including her use of magical realism, intertextuality, and intermediality, to reveal the intricate connection between the ethical and aesthetic dimensions of her novels. Through close readings of Smith’s novels, from Like to Companion Piece, enriched with insights from her prolific short fiction, the author demonstrates how Smith constructs a “text continuum,” revealing recurrent themes and stylistic choices that underline her firm belief in the transformative power of fiction and, by extension, art. This book will appeal to scholars of contemporary literature, art theory, political science, sociology and cultural studies, and anyone interested in literature and social commentary. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1631672025-07-31T05:39:54Z Ethics and Aesthetics in Ali Smith’s Fiction Prieto‑Arranz, José I. Ali Smith,Brexit,politics,culture,macrotext,ekphrasis,intermediality,intertextuality,metamodernism,neo-modernism,Covid,fake news,porn,ecocriticism,nationalism,identity,magical realism,art thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTN Philosophy: aesthetics This study offers a fresh perspective on Ali Smith’s work, analysing her fiction through a truly interdisciplinary lens. José I. Prieto-Arranz explores Smith’s engagement with contemporary issues such as digital violence, disinformation, pornography, nationalism, climate change, discrimination, and social fracture. Simultaneously, this book examines Smith’s unique stylistic choices, including her use of magical realism, intertextuality, and intermediality, to reveal the intricate connection between the ethical and aesthetic dimensions of her novels. Through close readings of Smith’s novels, from Like to Companion Piece, enriched with insights from her prolific short fiction, the author demonstrates how Smith constructs a “text continuum,” revealing recurrent themes and stylistic choices that underline her firm belief in the transformative power of fiction and, by extension, art. This book will appeal to scholars of contemporary literature, art theory, political science, sociology and cultural studies, and anyone interested in literature and social commentary. 2025-07-29T16:35:51Z 2025-07-29T16:35:51Z 2025-07-22T09:21:04Z 2026 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104327 9781003628880 9781041045687 9781041045694 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163167 eng Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003628880 10.4324/9781003628880 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Chapter 9 Other artistic encounters Chapter 10 The transformative power of art 9781003628880 9781041045687 9781041045694 Routledge open access |
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