Chapter 10 The transformative power of art
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-1632042025-07-31T11:36:46Z Chapter 10 The transformative power of art 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. 2025-07-29T20:04:22Z 2025-07-29T20:04:22Z 2025-07-22T09:34:51Z 2026 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104329 9781041045687 9781041045694 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163204 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104329/1/9781003628880_10.4324_9781003628880-10.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104329/1/9781003628880_10.4324_9781003628880-10.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003628880-10 10.4324/9781003628880-10 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Ethics and Aesthetics in Ali Smith’s Fiction 9781041045687 9781041045694 Routledge 38 open access |
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