السؤال (46) (D)
Common Themes and Elements in Realism
Pragmatism
literature of the common-place
attempts to represent real life
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
importance of place--regionalism, "local color"
sociology and psychology