1. Realism

2. Romanticism vs. Realism
The world is simpler and more beautiful when you have a connection to nature.
Emotional expression is best when it is exaggerated to prove your intensity and passion.
We should focus on the amazing details of life and glorify the beauty of nature, especially man’s connection to it!
The world is complex and cannot be simply described.
Emotional expression should be realistic in order to reveal the importance of relationships.
We should focus on the seemingly insignificant details to illuminate the complexities of man and society!

3. Characteristics: Romanticism vs Realism
Focus on details about the common man
Character’s attitude and actions are legitimate topics of literature
Nature is described literally
Exploration of seemingly insignificant details to reveal important complexities
Romanticism
Interest in the common man and childhood
Strong senses, emotions, and feelings
Awe of nature
Celebration of the individual and imagination

4. Techniques: Romanticism vs. Realism
Unrealistic Characters
Character is a “god”
Plot is unusual events, mystery, high adventure
Story is “told”
Exaggeration
Setting is for plot 
The language is often “literary” (formal)
Realistic characters
Characters are normal people
Plot is ordinary events
Story is “shown”
Objectivity
Setting is for characterization
Writer uses everyday, “normal speech

5. Realism – focus on the ordinary
Focus on everyday activities instead of romanticized, stylized interpretations
Characters resemble ordinary people
Writer is interested in recent or contemporary life
Hyperfocus on details to illuminate the world’s complexities

8. Let’s Compare - Paintings
White Horse - Constable
The Gleaners, 1857 Jean-François Millet
Romantic
Realistic

9. Now you tell me – which of these is realistic or romantic?
Your turn!
Now you tell me – which of these is realistic or romantic?

10. Courbet The Stonebreakers
REALISTIC
Men are ordinary
Ordinary events

11. Friedrich – Wanderer
ROMANTIC
Man as “god”
Mysterious
Nature!

12. Millet – Woman Baking Bread
REALISTIC!

13. Friedrich - Monk by the Sea
ROMANTIC!
(look at that nature…)

14. Complete Turnitin.com assignment
Extra Credit
See the Great Gatsby
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15. Journal 22.4 Give a romantic description of this image.
Give a realis tic descr iptio n of this imag e.
Journal 22.4
Give a romantic description of this image.
Give a realistic description of this image.

22. Mont St. Michel – Normandy, France

23. The Great Gatsby
“The [house] on my right was a colossal affair by any standard—it was a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden” (Fitzgerald 22).
Hôtel de Ville = City Hall

24. Short story by Guy de Maupassant Realist
A Piece of String
Short story by Guy de Maupassant
Realist
Focus on characterization and small, revealing details