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1. Realism was poplar during 1880-1914
2. Writers that make fiction true to life by describing ordinary characters, situations, and settings.

”The Age of Realism” Elements of Literature, edited by Kylene Beers, Carol Jago

Deborah Appleman, Leila Christenbury, Sara Kajder, Linda Reif, Holt, 2009, pp 605-613

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1. As the Industrial revolution was happening, it advanced the gap between the rich and the poor.
2.. Realism showed the true lives of people living there daily lives, there were stories on the bad living conditions after the war for the more lower class.
3. It impacted literature at the time by focusing on how people behaved and why they did what they did.

”The Age of Realism” Elements of Literature, edited by Kylene Beers, Carol Jago

Deborah Appleman, Leila Christenbury, Sara Kajder, Linda Reif, Holt, 2009, pp 605-613

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1. Mark Twain was a writer during this time period. He wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which showed the social injustices of pre-Civil War life.
2. Upton Sinclair is another example of a Realist Author. Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, which drew attention to unsafe, and unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry.
3. Henry James who wrote The Portrait of a Lady. This novel explores individualism and describe the conflict between the individual and society.

”The Age of Realism” Elements of Literature, edited by Kylene Beers, Carol Jago

Deborah Appleman, Leila Christenbury, Sara Kajder, Linda Reif, Holt, 2009, pp 605-613

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1.Regionalism- literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting.
2. Realism had its roots to regionalism
3.The main goal of Regionalist writers was to focus on the setting and daily lives of different people.

”The Age of Realism” Elements of Literature, edited by Kylene Beers, Carol Jago

Deborah Appleman, Leila Christenbury, Sara Kajder, Linda Reif, Holt, 2009, pp 619

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Provide a description of Naturalism.

Naturalism-  The belief of believing in natural causes and excluding all of supernatural causes.

What does Naturalism have to do with Realism?

Realism attempted to depict things as they actually are and Naturalism attempted to depict things realistically.

What was the main focus of Naturalist writers?

The main focus was to show the natural causes that motivates a  characters decision in a situation.

LiteraryDevices Editors. “Naturalism” LiteraryDevices.net. 2013.
https://literarydevices.net/naturalism/

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Similarities
1. Talk about stories of fiction characters

2. Both use certain literary tactics for the reader.

3. Both use certain lessons in the world.

Differences
1. Realism shows more realistic situations, while Romanticism fantasizes them.

2. Romantic literature is more formal or different on how the dialogue is read. In Realism it is more of a realistic way dialogue or conversations are.

3. Realism is based more on the reality of life while Romanticism bases it on a more of an imagination.

Karen McAdams, "Romanticism vs Realism." Prezi, December 4 2012
https://prezi.com/qa1att53xcdn/romanticism-vs-realism/