noun
Refers to the 20th-century Italian neorealism movement in cinema and literature, emphasizing realistic depiction of everyday life. Often used in art criticism and film studies.
See also: ネオリアリズム
イタリアの新写実主義は、戦後の映画に大きな影響を与えた。
Italian neorealism had a major influence on post-war cinema.
この小説には新写実主義の手法が用いられている。
This novel employs the techniques of neorealism.
ネオリアリズム is the direct loanword from English, used more broadly in international contexts, while 新写実主義 is the Japanese calque often used in domestic art and literary criticism.
Compound of 新 (new) + 写実主義 (realism). Calque of English 'neorealism', likely coined in Japanese art criticism circles.