The document discusses the realism period in literature. It emerged in the late 19th century as a reaction against romanticism. Realist works depicted everyday life realistically, focusing on ordinary people and contemporary social issues rather than imagination or emotion. Character development was prioritized over plot. Common realist techniques included the use of natural language and predictable, realistic events. The document lists characteristics of realism and provides examples of famous realist writers like Tolstoy, Eliot, and Dickens. It also names some renowned realist works and notes the historical context surrounding the rise of literary realism.

1. Realism Period

2. WHAT IS THE REALISM PERIOD ?
The literary movement that
appeared in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries .It
was a reaction to the
romanticism .Realism
indicates how life truly is.

3. Characteristics of Realism
1- Reaction against Romanticism (A literary
movement that focused around feeling,
imagination, and intuition) , and realism tend to
about real social theme
2- Realism is situated with truth and depicted
life and society they were.
3- Focuses mainly on present issues and truths
from now rather than the past or fantasy.

4. Characteristics of Realism
4- Focus is on the characters rather
than the actual plot. They are focusing
deeper into the characters
5- The class of the characters are
important and usually portray the middle
or lower class.

5. Characteristics of Realism
6- Diction is natural vernacular (talking,
conversational).The conversations between
the characters are vernacular or informal
language
7- Events that occur in the story are
predictable because of the lack of over
dramatization and fantasy.The events in
realism are completely realistic and reflect
our real life

6. Famous writers
LEO TOLSTOY: We can't talk about
Realism without talking about Leo
Tolstoy Because he wrote two of the
greatest works of Realism ever: War
and Peace ,and Anna Karenina.
Tolstoy was born in 1828 at
Yasnaya Polyana,His parents died
when he was young.

7. He got married in his early thirties,His wife
Sophia, who came from a sophisticated
high-cultured background was only
18..They had 13 children, 9 of whom
survived infancy
Tolstoy's first great novel was "War and
Peace" published in 1869, when he was
41.died in 1910, aged 82.

8. Famous writers
GEORGE ELIOT: George Eliot-was
actually a woman named Mary Ann
Evans who published under a male
pen name so that her work would be
taken more seriously.
Georg Eliot, was an English novelist,
poet, journalist, translator

9. She wrote seven novels, Adam Bede
(1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas
Marner (1861), Romola (1862–63), Felix
Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch
(1871–72) and Daniel Deronda (1876),
most of which are set in provincial
England and known for their realism and
psychological insight.

10. Famous writers
CHARLES DICKENS: He is an English novelist
was born in 1812-1870
He's famous for providing a view of English
society across a spectrum of classes,
While George Eliot focused on life in the
country, Charles Dickens focused on life in the
city.
He wrote many books, including:
• Sketches by Boz (1836)
• The Pickwick Papers (1837)
• Oliver Twist (1838)

11. Dickens is able to show the problems in society
during the time, such as these harsh conditions
for orphans and children, as well as the unfair
factory jobs and debtor's prisons.
Dickens also often makes fun of the immoral
characters in his novels using satirical humour.
There are many examples of this throughout
Oliver Twist, where the misbehaving adults
around Oliver are made fun of through their own
actions and hypocrisy.

12. Famous works
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by mark twain
A nineteenth-century boy from a
Mississippi River town recounts his
adventures as he travels down the
river with a runaway slave.

13. Famous works
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic
of the Great Depression, a book
that galvanized—and sometimes
outraged—millions of readers.

14. Famous works
Death Comes for the Archbishop
by Willa Cather
There is something epic—and almost
mythic—about this beautiful novel by
Willa Cather, although the story it tells is
that of a single human life, lived simply
in the silence of the desert.

15. Historical Context
Population of the United States is growing
rapidly(1865 -1915)
Science, industry and transportation are
expanding.
Literature also was growing, but most new
writers were not Romantics or
Transcendentalists. They are Realists.

16. Historical Context
The aftermath of the Civil War meant
that Americans were less certain and
optimistic about the future.
The idealism of the Romantics and
philosophy of Transcendentalists seemed
out of date and irrelevant to many
readers.

17. Index:
●What is the realism period
●The characteristics of realism
●Famous writers
●Famous works
●Historical context
Names :
Hind Ahmad Alzaylai
Areej Hussain Aljabri
Dania Abdullah Alhalabi
Ohoud Oudah Alatawi
Rahaf Abdullah Altawili

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