Carver and Bukowski belonged to the same movement, but also present some differences as we should be able to prove at the end of this project.Ībstract This dissertation explores the connections between the literary representations of rape, blue-collar white men, and masculinity, in the 1980s works of Raymond Carver, Andre Dubus, and Denis Johnson. Both writers want to criticise the society where they lived. He wrote short stories, we can find in there characters who deal with their current problems but they do not know how to fix them. Raymond Carver is the other writer we will approach. He tells his own life in the novels, he wrote and talked about his current problems by using an alter ego. Charles Bukowski is one of the writers whose work we will analyze. Dirty Realism has as one of its goals to critique the postmodern society, nevertheless, it does not offer any political critique. It is not clear where Dirty Realism comes from, but it seems to be closer to American Naturalism. Its characters are not heroes, they are regular people who struggle with current life, its problems and challenges. Dirty Realism reaches readers mainly through the novel and short story. It aims at showing some of the worst aspects of Western society during the postmodern era. Dirty Realism is a literary movement which arose in the USA during the 70’s and 80’s.
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