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Realism and Naturalism: Looking at a Modern Life

Published on Dec 05, 2015

An introductory look at American literary realism and naturalism. When did this movement occur? What fostered it? What defined it? How does it connect to modernism?

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Romanticism

Life seen through a soft focus defines
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Realism and Naturalism

Life seen through a harsher lens defines
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3.

1865:
the Civil War is over

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4.

Realism is born

  • Focuses on industrialization
  • Focuses on urban life
  • The new industrialization = new mass culture
  • Man v. Society
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Modern Industrial Life begins
1859: (r)evolution
1906: US Grade A
1911: a fire

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1859: "Origin of Species"
(Charles Darwin)
1906: "The Jungle"
(Sinclair Lewis dishes dirt)
1911: Triangle Shirtwaist
Factory Fire
(146,14-23)

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Naturalism (1900-1914)

  • Focuses on poverty
  • Focuses on urban life
  • Sees society as battleground for survival
  • Common theme: Man v. Society
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1914
start of WWI

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Realism and Naturalism

  • Real life = competition for survival
  • Sanctity of the individual is optional
  • Industrialization = new urban society Nature is harsh + unforgiving
  • Free will is a romantic idea
  • Nature is harsh + unforgiving
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How does the human being ...

... thrive in urban society?
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How does the individual ...

... preserve his or her individuality?
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Sweatshops
are history. Right?

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Locked doors (Walmart)

Source: Bloomberg Business Week (2014)
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Toxic fumes (Nike)

Source: Bloomberg Business Week (2014)
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Sears.
Benetton.
The Children's Place.
Disney.
Victoria's Secret.
Nordstrom.
J. Crew.
The Gap.

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Realism and Naturalism

look at life through a harsher lens than pre-1865
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Realism and Naturalism

ask questions also asked by Modernism

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