Chapter IV The Literature of realism 2021/221
2021/2/21 1 Chapter Ⅳ The Literature of Realism
A Review of American Realistic Literature 2021/221
2021/2/21 2 A Review of American Realistic Literature
he Background f American Realis o The fifty years between the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of the first World War o Changes in every aspect of American life o Industrialization and the urbanization ●“ The Gilded Age Tired of sentimental feelings of Romanticism o Interest in reality of life 2021/221
2021/2/21 3 The Background of American Realism ⚫ The fifty years between the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of the First World War ⚫ Changes in every aspect of American life ⚫ Industrialization and the urbanization, ⚫ “The Gilded Age” ⚫ Tired of sentimental feelings of Romanticism ⚫ Interest in reality of life
William Dean Howells. I confess I do not care to judge any work of the imagination without first applying this test to it. We must ask ourselves before anything else. Is it true? true to the motives, the impulses, the principles that shape the life of actual men and women?” 2021/221
2021/2/21 4 William Dean Howells: “ I confess I do not care to judge any work of the imagination without first applying this test to it. We must ask ourselves before anything else. Is it true? –true to the motives, the impulses, the principles that shape the life of actual men and women?
The Characteristic American Realis o Interpretation of the actualities of any aspect of life free from subjective prejudice, idealism, or romantic color 2021/221
2021/2/21 5 The Characteristic of American Realism ⚫ Interpretation of the actualities of any aspect of life, free from subjective prejudice, idealism, or romantic color