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How Does Literature and Film Genres Depict Human Misery? Published December 15th, 2020 - 07:13 GMT
UNDERDOWN (Lebanon) by Sarah Kaskas (Twitter)
Highlights
As his name suggests, he has a son named Hussam, but he avoids seeing him or his own mother in his current state, from which he can see no escape.
Viewing poverty is a complicated matter. Literary and film genres regularly harness human misery – coming-of-age stories, migration tales and, of course, the proverbial rags-to-riches stories.
These narrative tropes “work” by propelling protagonists out of misery.
Audiences, it seems, enjoy watching nice, destitute people pull themselves from the ditch of penury. It can renew your flagging sense of optimism about your own life – the human condition, late capitalism, the venal political class, state-sanctioned theft of your life savings, and so on.