What We Are & Who We Should Be: Literary Realism

"Real realism is to reveal what customs are hiding and the amazing things that hinder them from seeing them." Authors such as Raymond Carver and William Faulkner are trying to reveal internal or external flaws to readers. Their literature puts humans under the microscope and allows readers to check their daily lives from safe distance. In the review, you will find many drawbacks.

In the definition of realism in the history of American literature, we refer to this period from 1865 to 1914. Therefore, when realism is defined as a literary movement, it should be clearly positioned in history, not just artistic markers to avoid obsolescence. Therefore, realism is regarded as a literary movement and should definitely be limited to the era from the late 1940s to the mid-1860s. This means that the theory of textual realism concerns about the content should be focused on the normal daily life of lower classes. American realist writers continue to build their plots and characters around people's daily lives. In addition, their fictional work includes a wide range of dialogue between local languages ​​and good relations with local communities. (McDonald's)

There are many similarities and many differences between the two literary times of realism and naturalism. Naturalism is extreme in the dark of realism, it adopts philosophy of the realistic literary era, and further supports it from a scientific point of view. In the era of realism literature, letters were drawn from literary works of middle class and naturalism era, these letters were derived from the middle class. Naturalist critics are simply animals driven by his chemistry, genetics, the environment, or the living environment. The final contrast of realism and naturalism, while realism emphasizes human understanding, naturalism sees life as deterministic and mechanical.