Lukacsian Film Theory and Cinema explores Georg Lukacs' writings
on film. The Hungarian Marxist critic Georg Lukacs is primarily
known as a literary theorist, but he also wrote extensively on the
cinema. These writings have remained little known in the
English-speaking world because the great majority of them have
never actually been translated into English - until now. Aitken has
gathered together the most important essays and the translations
appear here, often for the first time. This book thus makes a
decisive contribution to understandings of Lukacs within the field
of film studies, and, in doing so, also challenges many existing
preconceptions concerning his theoretical position. For example,
whilst Lukacs' literary theory is well known for its repudiation of
naturalism, in his writings on film Lukacs appears to advance a
theory and practice of film that can best be described as
naturalist. Lukacsian film theory and cinema is divided into two
parts. In part one, Lukacs' writings on film are explored, and
placed within relevant historical and intellectual contexts, whilst
part two consists of the essays themselves. This book will be of
considerable interest to scholars and students working within the
fields of film studies, literary studies, intellectual history,
media and cultural studies. It is also intended to be the final
volume in a trilogy of works on cinematic realism, which includes
the author's earlier European Film Theory and Cinema (2001), and
Realist Film Theory and Cinema (2006).
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