Nouveau Roman

Coenen-Mennemeier, Brigitta

doi:10.1007/978-3-476-03992-7

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“…We did so for two hitherto neglected genres in research on aesthetic preferences, namely the nouveau roman (“new novel”) and existentialist genres. The former refers to (originally French) avant-garde forms of the novel and film that eschew traditional narrative conventions, ignoring elements such as plot, dialogue, and linear narrative, describing and showing objects, rather than subjects, and providing depersonalized fictional worlds (Britton, 1992; for detailed background and comparative analyses, see Babcock, 1997; Coenen-Mennemeier, 1996; Jefferson, 1980; Oppenheim, 1986; Ostrowska, 2008; Zants, 1968). Existentialist art is more difficult to conceptualize but generally is characterized by protagonists who exist in chaotic, absurd, and seemingly meaningless environments and who are forced to confront the nature and purpose of their existence (Coplestone, 2009).…”

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“Kneweth one who makes these notes . . .”: Personality, individual differences, and liking of nouveau roman and existentialist literature and film.

Tran¹,

Swami²,

Seifriedsberger³

et al. 2021

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

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Previous studies suggest that personality and individual difference traits are associated with aesthetic preferences, but have infrequently examined associations within specific genres or across media domains. We examined associations between the Big Five personality traits with preferences (i.e., liking) for two non-conventional genres of film and literature, namely nouveau roman and existentialism, in samples of 548 non-experts and 95 genre experts from Austria. Path analyses indicated that Openness to Experience (positively) and Conscientiousness (negatively) were significantly associated with greater liking of stimuli across genres and media domains, after considering the effects of additional, relevant variables (aesthetic expertise and behaviours, social status, and the motive for sensory pleasure). Path models were stable across non-experts and experts, although the strength of the relationships between Openness and liking was stronger for nouveau roman stimuli.Additional analyses indicated that experts had significantly greater liking for stimuli across both genres than non-experts. These results may have implications for the promotion of nonconventional artworks to wider audiences.

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