Realism refers
to the attempt to represent familiar and
everyday people and situations in an accurate, unidealized manner, which was
a reaction against romanticism. The realist novel was heavily informed by
journalistic techniques, such as objectivity
and fidelity to the facts of the matter. Instead of grand happenings,
tragedies, and epic turns of events, the realist novel plodded steadily over a
track not greatly disturbed by external circumstances. There is the belief that
the novel’s function is simply to report what happens, without comment or
judgment. [Source 1] [Source 2]
Some of the Realist authors:
(you may
pick other authors outside this list)
Honore de
Balzac (The Human Comedy series)
Henry James
(The Portrait of a Lady/Daisy Miller)
Mark Twain (Huckleberry Finn)
Gustave
Flaubert (Madame Bovary)
In Drama:
Ibsen’s A Doll House
Shaw’s Pygmalion
Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard.
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Just as an FYI when it comes to Norwegian authors during this period; Ibsen was one of the authors in what was called "The Big Four" when it came to authors during that time. The other three were Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Jonas Lie and Alexander Kielland. A fifth author (female), worth mentioning is Amalie Skram.
ReplyDeleteOne of the few reasons I know this, is basically because that period and those authors have been on the mandatory curriculum in Norwegian schools.