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Realism & Naturalism

Realism Began after the Civil War as a reaction against the idealism of the Romanticists & Transcendentalists The enormous loss of life from the war shattered many people’s idealistic attitudes Writers began to focus on portraying “real life”

Focus was on ordinary people and how they lived life Attempted to show characters and events in an honest, objective, and almost factual way Stressed “sincerity” as opposed to the “liberty” of the romantic movement

Focused on accurate documentation Sociological insight Accumulation of the details of material fact Avoidance of poetic diction, idealization, exaggeration, melodrama, etc.

Focus Continued Subjects were taken from everyday life (preferably from the lower class) Reflected the interests of an increasingly positivist and scientific age

Notable Authors Stephen Crane Ambrose Bierce Bret Harte Willa Cather Kate Chopin

Stephen Crane (1871-1900)

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?)

Bret Harte (1836-1902)

Willa Cather (1873-1947)

Kate Chopin (1850-1904)

Naturalism Resulted as an offshoot of realism Applied many of the principles of realism Major focus on how larger forces (i.e. nature, heredity, & fate) shaped individual destiny

Notable Authors Jack London (1876-1916)