American Realism began as a reaction to and a rejection of Romanticism, with its emphasis on emotion,
imagination, and the individual
الحركه الواقعٌيه الامرٌيكٌيه بدأت كرد فعل رافض للحركه الرومنسٌيه بتركٌزها على العاطفه والخٌيال والفرد
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It attempted fidelity to real life, or "actuality," in its representation
عمدت الى تحري الدقه فً الحٌياة الواقعٌيه والحقٌيقيه فًي تمثٌلها
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Common Themes and Elements in Realism
المواضٌيع والادوات الشائعه فًئ الواقعٌئه
ordinary people--poor and middle class
ordinary speech in dialect--use of vernacular
recent or contemporary life
subject matter presented in an unidealized, unsentimentalized way
democratic function of literature
social criticism--effect on audience is key
presents indigenous American life
literature of the common-place
attempts to represent real life
"importance of place--regionalism, "local color
sociology and psychology