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
Italian neorealism had a major influence on post-war cinema.
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.