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What Is New Literalism? Namwali Serpell Says Art Is Getting Dumber

Summary by Brittle Paper
In a recent essay for The New Yorker, Zambian-American novelist and critic Namwali Serpell introduces a new term for thinking about culture. She calls it New Literalism and explains it as a kind of “on the nose, heavy-handed,” way of handling art and storytelling. For example, In Gladiator II, a warrior is shown the wooden […]
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Brittle Paper broke the news in on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
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