# data[].attributes.body
Connolly, Brian. “What Are the Basic Characteristics of Realism?” Our Pastimes, 10 Jan. 2019, ourpastimes.com/what-are-the-basic-characteristics-of-realism-12248457.html.

“Romanticism and Realism Comparison.” UKEssays.com, www.ukessays.com/essays/english-literature/romanticism-and-realism-literary-movements-english-literature-essay.php.

Shmoop Editorial Team. “Realism Top Authors.” Shmoop, Shmoop University, 11 Nov. 2008, www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literary-movements/realism/authors#honore-de-balzac-author

Study.com, Study.com, study.com/academy/lesson/regionalism-in-politics-definition-characteristics-types.html.

# data[].attributes.body
Realism was an artistic movement in France that was popular in the late 19th century

Importance of class - writers described the social relations among both the upper and lower class

Absolute Objectivity: realists express their work by only using the essentials and not needing more. They focus on how people live their lives by using what´s around them

realistic authors emphasized ordinary characters and events to reflect life as it truly was instead of using a ¨Hero¨

# data[].attributes.body
1)Realism became a cultural movement, a reaction to the idealism of Romanticism in the late 18th to mid-19th century. It was the second Industrial Revolution in the 1850s that had its impact on the Realistic phenomenon. Truthful vision of modern life, everyday figures and object are rendered in a realistic manner.
2)The Civil War influence the beginning of American realism by Americans wanting to escape into an ideal world especially with all of the death and destruction from the war. They wanted to put an end to romanticism and the sentimental tradition that is associated with most women writers.
3)Across the nation, middle-class women organized on behalf of social reforms during the Progressive Era. Using the language of municipal housekeeping women were able to push such reforms as prohibition, women's suffrage, child-saving, and public health.

# data[].attributes.body
1)Naturalism suggests a philosophical pessimism in which writers use scientific techniques to depict human beings as objective and impartial characters; whereas realism focuses on literary technique. Realism depicts things as they appear, while naturalism portrays a deterministic view of a character's actions and life
2)Realism attempted to depict things as they actually are, which contrasted with the previously dominant aesthetic of romanticism. Naturalism attempted to depict things realistically, but focused on determinism, or the inability of people to resist their circumstances.
3)It is a type of extreme realism. This movement suggested the roles of family, social conditions, and environment in shaping human character. Thus, naturalistic writers write stories based on the idea that environment determines and governs human character.

# data[].attributes.body
Differences
1)Romanticism concerns itself with ideals while realism concerns itself with more factual, everyday matter
2) romanticism idealizes nature however realism address the harsh facts of nature
3) romanticism is lovely and fluid while realism is more upfront and confrontational.

Similarities
1)both influenced literature and the arts
2)gave Americans the feeling of hope because it gave them jobs since people wrote about realism and romanticism gave them something to believe in
3)both underline the importance of nature

# data[].attributes.body
1)regionalism refers to three distinct elements: movements demanding territorial autonomy within unitary states; the organization of the central state on a regional basis for the delivery of its policies including regional development policies; political decentralization and regional autonomy
2)Realism was a literary movement whose authors described life as they saw it, instead of how they imagined or wanted it to be. Another literary movement, Regionalism, was related to Realism. Rationalist authors portrayed the specific traits of particular regions or areas of the United States.
3)Regionalism and Local Color Fiction, 1865-1895. Local color or regional literature is fiction and poetry that focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, topography, and other features particular to a specific region

# data[].attributes.body
Honoré de Balzac - The Human Comedy
-this novel focuses on class and how all the characters in the novel comes from a different social class either high, middle or low class. Also shows how they move up or down the social ladder depending on how they are.
Leo Tolstoy- War and Peace
-this novel focuses on family, domestic life and everyday life of the Russian society
Upton Sinclair- The jungle
- drew attention to factories who produce unsanitary meats and sold it to the public