Realism Across the Globe

Realism

Realism vs. Realistic;

• truth without sentiment• democracy• middle- and working-

class issues• industrialization • city versus countryside• sensory experience• “beauty”

Literary Aims

• ordinary language

• omniscient or first-person narrator

• issues with plot, scenarios, endings

• “unvarnished truth telling”

• ethical dilemmas

• questions

Elements

Darwinism and Naturalism

• adaptation to one’s social environment

• choice and human biochemistry

• social profiling

Capturing Reality