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What specific time period was Realism popular?
-1860 to 1900
Identify a minimum of 3 traits or characteristics of Realistic authors and/or their writing.
-Describing life and human behavior as they were, without idealization or romantic subjectivity. Writing real situations about people that haven't happen but could. Writing about people who seem like they could be a real person but are really not in fictional realism

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What was the Industrial Revolution and how did it impact or influence Realism?
- it impacted Realism because people like artists wanted to express the modern world they are living in and show how beautiful it could be. The Industrial Revolution was a time period where there was a change in manufacturing and transportation when things started to be made more by machines.
How did the Civil War also impact or influence this literary time period?
-The Civil war impacted this literary time period because this was the beginning of American Realism because they wanted to escape into an ideal world especially because of all of the death and destruction from the war.
What was the Progressive Era and what was its impact on the literature during this time?
- The Progressive Era was a time period when a movement happened to try to fix problems in the US, like fear of corruption in American Politics. The impact on literature during the Progressive Era was big because of a lot of big events happening like women earning there right to vote. Film making became really big so now there were movies being written.

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Identify a minimum of 3 authors from this time period and identify one of their literary works and explain why it was important.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, de Balzac, Honoré, and Eliot, George were realist authors of this time period.
One of there literary works was Adam Bede it was an important literary work because it talked about real lif4e things that could happen about a love rectangle

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Provide a description of  Regionalism.
- Regionalism was portrayed by authors as specific traits of a certain region or area.

What does Regionalism have to do with Realism?

- Realism authors would describe life as they saw it and would be based heavily on a specific region.
What was the main focus of Regionalist writers?

- The main focus of a Regionalist writer was to capture the unique features of a certain region including dialect, customs, tradition, topography, history, and characters.

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Provide a description of Naturalism.
- Naturalism is a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail and how it happens
What does Naturalism have to do with Realism?
- 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.
What was the main focus of Naturalist writers?

- Naturalist writers focus on more of natural law and reason

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Identify a minimum of 3 similarities and 3 differences between Realism and Romanticism
-Romanticism was around the 1800s and realism was around the late 1800s. Realists rejected Romanticism. Romanticism was based on romance and positivity while Realism was based on whatever happens, happens

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