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    Literary Realism is a response to social conditions. In the late 19th century, writers took contemporary social issues and created a perspective that would expose the real dangers and damage created by various social conditions, such as colonization, injustices against women, and violence. These perspectives were not meant to influence a change in these conditions, but rather, bring attention to them. One of the most important factors of Literary Realism is that it is presented in an objective manner

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    The Influence of Realism and Naturalism on 20th Century American Fiction After World War I, American people and the authors among them were left disillusioned by the effects that war had on their society. America needed a literature that would explain what had happened and what was happening to their society. American writers turned to what is now known as modernism. The influence of 19th Century realism and naturalism and their truthful representation of American life and people was evident in

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    American Realism was a late nineteenth-century literary movement that happened after the Civil War that began as a reaction against romanticism and the sentimental. Unlike romantics, realists did not wants to glorify anything. They only wanted to despite the reality. The famous realists during this time were Henry James, Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, and Stephen Crane. When realism emerged, the United States was going through a time period known as the Industrial Revolution and the society was changing

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    Realism is a historical movement in figurative arts and literature from 1840-1870-80. The objective was aimed at giving a truthful and impartial representation of the world. People were also expected to give up ideas of constitutions and their mechanisms. Realism was a wide spread movement involving painting, literature, and drama in several European countries. Some French realist painters were going to look at are Daumier, Courbet and Millet.The radical shift was by artist portraying ordinary people

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    List the various ways that the American borders were being “pushed westward”: • The entire Southwest, including California, into the nation; and the discovery of gold in California in 1848 increased the pace of westward movement beyond anything that could have imagined even on year earlier. • White Americans, mostly of English, Scottish, and German settled across these regions which increased the pace of westward. • U.S Government was forcibly relocating Native Americans tribes, the term was removable

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    What Is American Realism

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    Realism: The Argument, American Literary Examples, and a Common Misconception For many people, being able to relate to a story can be integral in whether or not they have actually enjoyed it; though in more extreme cases, it might be the only criteria necessary for one to enjoy it. Frankly, this is why the realism movement in nearly all media has been so successful. To best describe realism, however, is that it’s an argument in writing that tries to relate to an event or concept in real life to

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    started to say in my beginning paragraph the 400th year anniversary of Christopher Columbus arrival in America. The exhibits were all made to represent the 50 states and the different cultures for all the world to see. This was a key time in American history with a vast number of immigrants coming over to America. So, these were a focal point

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    was very corrupt as well. The women of the time were still dressed in Victorian Style attire which sold the point of wealth amongst the public. With all of this happening around us, it would make sense that art would be impacted by society. American Art portrayed luxury and wealth in the beginning of the Gilded Age. It took a blind eye to the everyday harsh reality of those who were in lower

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    American Realism ; American Realism was a style of art in the 19th and 20th century. It overviewed art, music, poetry, etc. It was a tyle of being totally realistic due to many things are able to happen to everyday people. Some of the most important people in american realism was Ralph Waldo Emerson that viewed the prospects of love and life. Also Henry.J, William D.H , Mark T were realists that showed the overview or the life of a daily basis. Naturalists are people that practice the natural aspects

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    hear the word Realism, they think of literature or something that contributes to art. Realism was an artistic movement that was brought upon by France in the 1850s. Realism came about as a reaction against the supernatural nature of Romanticism. It sought out to show the truth of everyday American life. This essay is going to dig deeper into American society, literature, religion, writers, Naturalism, and Regionalism; and what Realism had to do with this change. An African American man by the name

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