Literarni minimalizem in novi realizem v delih Charlesa Bukowskega in Raymonda Carverja

Diplomsko delo osvetljuje pojma (ameriškega) literarnega minimalizma in novega realizma, ponuja kratek pregled njunega nastanka, razvoja in medsebojne povezanosti, pri tem pa ugotovitve aplicira na prozno ustvarjalnost Charlesa Bukowskega in Raymonda Carverja. Literarni gibanji oz. smeri po svojem bistvu v književnosti ne predstavljata prevelike novosti, niti po svojih slogovnih niti po tematskih značilnostih. Njuna "renesansa" v sodobni ameriški literaturi sedemdesetih oz. osemdesetih let 20. stoletja, tesno povezana z razcvetom žanra kratke zgodbe, je zatorej še toliko pomembnejša. V tem pogledu pomembno vlogo igrata Bukowski in Carver, takorekoč najvidnejša predstavnika omenjenih smeri. Pisca z "družbenega dna" v svojih delih namreč opisujeta "grdo" stran življenja - pusto vsakdanjost -, njuni liki pa niso nikakršni junaki, ravno nasprotno: so povprečneži z ulice, s katerimi se zlahka poistovetimo. Avtorja tako z malo besedami povesta veliko, obenem pa nam s svojimi (pol)avtobiografskimi zgodbami razkrivata tudi svoji življenjski zgodbi.Undergraduate thesis illuminates the terms of (American) literary minimalism and new realism, offers a brief overview of their origin, development and interdependence, and in doing so applies the findings to prose works of Charles Bukowski and Raymond Carver. Both literary movements, so to speak, don\u27t represent any great novelty in the world of literature, neither in their style nor thematic characteristics. Their "renaissance" in contemporary American literature of the 70\u27s and 80\u27s of the 20th century, closely related to development of the short story genre, seems therefore even more important. In this respect, Bukowski and Carver play a crucial role, as they are, so to speak, the lead representatives of the aforementioned movements. In their works, the so called writers from "the bottom" describe the "ugly" side of life - the dreary everyday life - and their characters are no heroes, but just the opposite: second-rater out of the street, which we can easily relate to. With only a few words the authors tell us a lot, with their (semi)autobiographical stories but reveal us also their life stories