power point - social realism

1. The phrasal term ‘social
realism’ causes problems
because it is used to
describe a lot of different
texts which causes it to be
quite vaguely. This might
confuse people.
The critical consensus
about realism is that it
has internal logic.
Factors that helped to
create the context which
in the realist impulse was
first developed:
• Workers moving from
the countryside to the
city
• Growing industrial
infrastructure
• New political ideas
• More acceptance in
Science
Realism came about in the 19th
century by literature that
described realism as a way of
trying to seek change.
Carroll's suggestion is that the
word ‘realism’ show have a
prefix in front of it so that we
could tell when and who was
believing it or the text to be
‘real’.