"Realism in the arts is generally the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding speculative and supernatural elements."
An approach that emphasizes the depiction of ordinary people and places in a realistic way, often focusing on the nature of human experience.
Overview of Literary Realism: Introduction to literary realism: its definitions, origins, and evolution.
Historical Context of Literary Realism: The social, political, and cultural climate during the Realism movement, and how it influenced the movement.
Realism and Naturalism: The difference between literary realism and literary naturalism.
Realist Writers and Works: An examination of some of the major writers and works from the Realism movement.
Realism in Different Genres: How literary realism influenced different genres such as poetry, drama, and non-fiction writing.
Realism and the American Dream: The relationship between literary realism and the American Dream.
Realism and Race: The role that race played in the works of realist authors.
Realism and Gender: The representation of gender in realist literature and the effects of gender on societal norms.
Realism and Morality: An examination of the moral landscape in realist literature and the authors' views on morality.
Realism and Individualism: The focus on individualism in realist literature and how it relates to the societal norms of the time.
"Naturalism seeks to depict objects with the least possible amount of distortion and is tied to the development of linear perspective and illusionism in Renaissance Europe."
"In 19th-century Europe, 'Naturalism' or the 'Naturalist school' was somewhat artificially erected as a term representing a breakaway sub-movement of realism."
"Realism was motivated by the renewed interest in the common man and the rise of leftist politics."
"The realist painters rejected Romanticism, which had come to dominate French literature and art."
"The French Revolution of 1848."
"Realism was motivated by the renewed interest in the common man."
"Artists like Gustave Courbet capitalized on the mundane, ugly or sordid."
"Realism... often refers to a specific art historical movement that originated in France in the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1848. With artists like Gustave Courbet capitalizing on the mundane, ugly or sordid, realism was motivated by the renewed interest in the common man and the rise of leftist politics."
"There have been various movements invoking realism in the other arts, such as the opera style of verismo, literary realism, theatrical realism, and Italian neorealist cinema."
"The term [realism] is often used interchangeably with naturalism."
"Naturalism... seeks to depict objects with the least possible amount of distortion and is tied to the development of linear perspective and illusionism in Renaissance Europe."
"Romanticism... had come to dominate French literature and art, with roots in the late 18th century."
"The opera style of verismo."
"A breakaway sub-movement of realism [that] attempted to distinguish itself from its parent by its avoidance of politics and social issues."
"Playing on the sense of 'naturalist' as a student of natural history."
"Realism was motivated by... the rise of leftist politics."
"Realism in the arts is generally the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality."
"Naturalism seeks to depict objects with the least possible amount of distortion and is tied to the development of linear perspective and illusionism in Renaissance Europe."
"The aftermath of the French Revolution of 1848."