1. Realism

2. Romanticism Rejection of values like order, calm, harmony, balance and rationality Rejection of values like order, calm, harmony, balance and rationality Anti-Enlightenment and anti-materialism Anti-Enlightenment and anti-materialism As the poet and critic Charles Baudelaire wrote in 1846: As the poet and critic Charles Baudelaire wrote in 1846: –"Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor in exact truth, but in a way of feeling."

3. Journal # 6 What is reality? What is reality? How do we know when something is real? How do we know when something is real?

4. Artistic Movement: Realism Reaction against overdone emotional nature of Romanticism Reaction against overdone emotional nature of Romanticism Sought to portray everyday events, people, images as they were Sought to portray everyday events, people, images as they were Developed during Second Empire Developed during Second Empire –French were concerned with democracy and giving voice to the “common man” –focus on the working class

5. Verisimilitude Verisimilitude The appearance of truth The appearance of truth

6. Realism, continued Gustave Courbet: Gustave Courbet: –"painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist in the representation of real and existing things.” Coincided with: Coincided with: –Socialist philosophies –Friedrich Engels’ and Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto

7. Young Women from the Village, 1852 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet

8. The Gleaners, 1857 Jean-François Millet

9. First Class Carriage, 1864 Honore Daumier

10. Third Class Carriage, 1864 Honore Daumier

11. Realist Literature Focus on everyday activities instead of romanticized, stylized interpretations Focus on everyday activities instead of romanticized, stylized interpretations Authors: Authors: –Honore de Balzac: La Comedie Humaine –George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans): Middlemarch –Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary –Guy de Maupassant (father of the short story) –Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard; other plays and many short stories

12. Guy de Maupassant 1850-1893

13. READING p. 942-945 Realism Guy de Maupassant “A Piece of String”

14. Cluster diagram (see sidebar p.945) Cluster diagram (see sidebar p.945) Details of the Realist writer Details of the Realist writer –Setting –Character: Maitre Hauchecome –Peasants p. 952 Questions 3, 4, 5 Creative Assignment in pairs p. 950 “They abused each other for an hour.”

15. Imagine a bit of the dialogue between the two Imagine a bit of the dialogue between the two In your best manner of Nineteenth Century word choice and characterization, create a page of dialogue between these two. Come up with creative name-calling and insults. In your best manner of Nineteenth Century word choice and characterization, create a page of dialogue between these two. Come up with creative name-calling and insults.