What Is The American Realism Movement?

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What are one of era of America literature? Realism is one of America Literature movement and is the one where story got to do with reality about the life. Authors starting moved slowly away from the romanticism by second half of nineteenth century. we going give you information about Realism Movement so you will know more about this literature movement In like manner, In realism literature movement their characters are complex and their internal though are sometime explored as well as their actions. Realism have objective, detached tone. They have specific detail about daily life. The character are more important than the plot and the action. Writers used realism as literary skills to describe story elements without having to elaborate …show more content…

Characters are being motivated by real life desire like greed, lust, confusion, etic than honor, chivalry, etc. Human are in control of their own destiny, character act on their environments instead reacted to their environments. Realism is seen as realization of democracy and the purpose of writing is to inform and entertain. Historically, American Realism are often seen as reaction against romanticism, reflection on the nation urbanization and industrialization. They focus their writing on certain group or topic. For example is factory workers of Upton Sinclair and Rebecca Harding David, Kate Chopin's point view on marriage and woman's roles. Also expression of moral that was caused by the cold war. Before this movement became international, there only has been realistic writer in France most especially in Balzac, Stendhal and Flaubert. the major authors is Mark Twain, William Dean Howells and George …show more content…

He have wrote copious series of fiction of his own but it was incompetent success. The novel called The Rise of Silas Lapham that is published in 1885 tell a story about ambitious businessman who have tumbles through out of his fortune because his mistakes and his poor judgment. It have "illustrate one of the central idea of Realism that of crafting honest narratives rather than feel-good sentimental fantasies"(www.online-literature.com). He once was consider most accomplished all of American Realist writer but he lost that reputations somehow. Today his work as editor is held up as his most important contribution. Lot of his novel are first rank of American

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