1. Realism

2. The definition of realism a term applied to literary composition that aims at an interpretation of the actualities of any aspect of life, free from subjective prejudice, idealism, or romantic color.

3. Major features 1). Realism is the theory of writing in which familiar aspects of contemporary life and everyday scenes are represented in a straightforward or matter-of-fact manner. 2). In realist fiction characters from all social levels are examined in depth.

4. 3). Open ending is also a good example of the truthful treatment of material. 4). Realism focuses on commonness of the lives of the common people who are customarily ignored by the arts.

5. 5). Realism emphasizes objectivity and offers an objective rather than an idealistic view of human nature and human experience. 6). Realism presents moral visions. The moral sense is something that resides on the author ’ s purpose.

6. Mark Twain 1. About his life

7. His works Personalized fiction: The Adventured of Tom Sawyer (1876), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day (1873), and The Tragedy of Pudd ’ nhead Wilson

8. Travel fiction: The Innocents Abroad (1869), Roughing It (1872), A Tramp Abroad (1880), Life on the Mississippi (1883), Following the Equator (1897)

9. Historical romances: The Prince and the Pauper (1882), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur ’ s Court (1889), Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by the Sieur Louis Conte (1896)

10. Short stories and those tall tales: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ” (1865) and “ The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg ” (1900).

11. What type of men are the Dauphin and the Duke in Chapter 19 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

12. A few delightful lines from Mark Twain It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. By trying, we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man ’ s, I mean. A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.