Realism (1820-1920) (jan 1, 1820 – jan 1, 1920)

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Realists had an interest in everyday life and poverty, as well as simplicity. Noted authors include Flaubert and Tolstoy.

Realism in literature as a form of artistic creation arose in the Renaissance, developed in the era of the Enlightenment and manifested itself as an independent trend only in the 30s of the 19th century

Features of literary realism

Writers in their works reflected the essential aspects of reality objectively, but at the same time did it with the height and truth of the personality of the author peculiar only to them.

Realists reproduced typical characters and conflicts. Situations were also common, despite their artistic individualization. The latter means the concretization of some unique national, social or historical phenomena, as well as the physical and intellectual traits of the heroes. The authors of realistic works preferred the ways of depicting the forms of being, but this was accompanied by the use of conventions (images-symbols, myths, grotesque). Writers-realists were interested in the problem of the relationship between the individual and society. Realism in literature is different from the confrontation of society and morality, man and the masses, the public consciousness and consciousness of an individual.

C. Dickens, O. Balzak, L.N. Tolstoy, G. Flaubert (Madame Bovary), M. Twain (Huckleberry Finn)

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