Realism requires access to any rising class, not specifically capitalism

Evidence

Thus realism is dependent on the possibility of access to the forces of change in a given moment of history. At the time of Balzac such forces are those of beginning capitalism, but the nature of the forces is not itself so important: for in another situation, Tolstoy’s literary vitality comes from the existence in Russian society of the rising class of the peasantry, with which he identifies himself in a Utopian and religious manner, but whose very presence gives him a strength inaccessible to his Western contemporaries. (Here also, it should be noted that the analysis of the Theory of the Novel is maintained: except that for the relatively metaphysical formulation of a primal nature in Tolstoy’s environment, Lukács here substitutes the social reality behind the ideal of nature and the natural life, namely the peasantry itself.) — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 405

Categorization

• XREF: Shows Jameson reading Lukács against himself, replacing the metaphysical ‘primal nature’ of the Theory of the Novel with a sociological basis — a mediation move central to the Frankfurt-school criticism the reader tracks. — connects to: Realism is defined by avoiding the question of reality and serves ruling power — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on…, 482; Overcoming capitalism alone would not prevent new forms of domination — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1568; Post-2008 literary realism claims to index capitalism directly — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 124 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Realism is defined by avoiding the question of reality and serves ruling power #contradicts (0.90) — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 482
• Overcoming capitalism alone would not prevent new forms of domination #corroborates (0.85) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1568
• Post-2008 literary realism claims to index capitalism directly #qualifies (0.85) — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 124
• Capitalism has no necessary correspondence with any particular political or legal form #expands (0.80)
• Class ascendancy cannot quietly mature within the regime it aims to replace #corroborates (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 382