REALISM 1850-1900

FAMOUS AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS

• Mark Twain; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• William Dean Howells; The Rise of Silas Lapham
• Gustave Flaubery; Madame Bovary
• Bret Harte; The Outcast of Poker Flat
• Harriet Beecher; Uncle Tom's Cabin

CHARACTERISTICS OF REALSIM

• Character is more important than action and plot
• Events will usually be plausible
• Renders reality closely, and in comprehensive detail
• Attack upon romanticism and romantic writers
• Emphasis upon morality often self-realization

QUESTIONS ON REALISM

• What started this literary movemont?
• How did this change literature today?
• Who was the most famous realistic author?
• Did realism effect world events?
• Where did realism have the biggest effect?