Realism
Have you ever been sitting in an English Literature class and the teacher is talking about this thing called Realism? Have you ever wondered what realism is? Who writes realism? In this paper, I am going to tell you about what realism is defined as, and two different authors who are categorized in writing in the realism style. Realism by definition is the creation of the effect of the representation of the concrete historical nature of human life. ... Realism has many different characteristics about it. In realism the perception of “truth is relative and associated with experiences and emotions and has consequences. ... Realism places emphasis on characterization; such as the motivation and development.3 Realism is a technique which denotes a certain subject matter, usually the representation of the middle class life. The interest in scientific method and the study of the documentary history along with the influence of rational philosophy have all affected the rise of realism. ... 2 In American Literature, realism encompasses the time period from 1860 through 1910. ... 5 However there are advantages and problems of realism. The advantages is that realism is faithful to the experience of life lived in a physical and social environment; which is governed by cause and effect. Realism represents life as we live it. Realism can be found everywhere in literature; especially literature that gives a way to feel for the life of the common man. Realism brings us closer to our physical and our material existence. ... Our everyday language that we speak, our explanations and our vocabulary is the same type of language that you would find in realism. The problems with realism is that the ‘reality-effect’ of realism, its objectivity, concretion and neutral view-point makes realism a dangerous way of thinking. ... Realism forms and enforces a world without a genuine spiritual dimension, a world of time and place and place limitations on its ability to represent the spiritual being of mankind. ... 2 Realism was based in the faithful reporting of all the facts of everyday life. According to William Dean Howells, “realism is nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material. ... Realism became so pervasive that it seems natural and unimportant. However if we look closely at realism we realize that it planted the seeds for many of America’s main values. ... "9 I hope that now after you have read this paper that you have an idea of what realism is and who some of the more famous authors are. ... I truly enjoyed writing this paper because I learned exactly what realism is and I have a better understanding of why these writers used it so often.