1. The document discusses four major literary movements: Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism. 2. Realism was a late 19th century movement that aimed for accurate, detailed portrayals of ordinary contemporary life. It started in 1830 and the main literary form was prose. Characteristics included descriptive details and a focus on the present. 3. Naturalism was a movement that used detailed realism to suggest social conditions, heredity, and environment shaped human character. It was popular in France and the United States.

1. Literary
Movements
Section (2)
Part (4)

2. Literary
Movements
Major
Main
Minor

3. Major Literary Movements
1- Neoclassicism
(c. 1660–1798)
2- Romanticism
(c. 1798–1832)
3- Realism
(c. 1830–1900)
4- Naturalism
(c. 1865–1900)

4. REALISM
NATURALISM

5. Realism
• Read the introduction page (56) and
answer:-
1. What is the beginning of Realism ?
2. Where did Realism start ?
3. What is the main literary form of
Realism?
4. What are the main characteristics of
Realism ?
5. What are the themes of Realism ?

6. Realism
Realism (c. 1830–1900) is a major
literary movement. It is a late-
19th-century literary movement
that aimed at accurate detailed
portrayal of ordinary,
contemporary life.

7. Realism
Major writer are Honoré de Balzac, Charles
Dickens, George Eliot, Gustave Flaubert, and
Leo Tolstoy

8. Characteristics
of Realism:
1. The use of descriptive and evocative details.
2. Avoidance of what was fantastical, imaginary, and
mythical
3. Adhering to the requirements of probability, and
excluding events which were impossible or improbable
4. Inclusion of characters and incidents from all social
strata, dealing not merely with rulers and nobility
5. Focusing on the present and choosing topics from
contemporary life rather than longing for some
idealized past
6. Emphasizing the social rather than the individual (or
seeing the individual as a social being)
7. Refraining from the use of elevated language, in favor
of more colloquial idioms and everyday speech, as well
as directness and simplicity of expression.

9. Naturalism
• Read the introduction page (60) and answer:-
1. What is the main objective of
Naturalism?
2. What are the main characteristics of
Naturalism?
3. In which countries was naturalism
popular?

10. Naturalism
• Naturalism (c. 1865–1900) is a
major literary movement. A
literary movement that used
detailed realism to suggest that
social conditions, heredity, and
environment had inescapable
force in shaping human character.

11. Naturalism
Major writer are Émile Zola, Theodore
Dreiser, and Stephen Crane.

12. Question (Part 4)
1. What are the Major Literary Movements?
2. What are the Main Literary Movements?
3. Compare between the “classic” and the “romantic” as two different styles of
poetry.
4. Write about:
1. Neoclassicism
2. Romanticism
3. Realism
4. Naturalism

13. Online
Activities
•Literary Movements
Test (4)
•Literature and Life
Discussion (2)