PPT-Realism & Naturalism

Realism The attempt in literature and art to represent life as it really is without sentimentalizing or idealizing it Realistic writing often depicts the everyday life and speech of ordinary people. Cloze. W___________ painted the free and nonchalant . l’I. ______________.. The R________ artists depict the a___________ class in f___________ activities, such as F___________’s T____ S_________, commissioned by Madame du B________.. Shaw and British Social Realism. Dividing the Text: . Units/Bits + Objectives/Tasks. Was the exercise useful? Why? (or why not?). Did you learn anything new about the character or that particular scene?. Good Morning! 1/11/2016. Turn-in:.  . Take . out: . Romanticism homework, journal, writing utensil. Fast Five:. . Work on page 878!. Homework. :.  . Poetry characteristic identification, individual book assignment (1/19/16). The “New” Isms. Auguste Comte. Karl Marx . Friedrich Engels. Why the toughness of mind?. The drive for constitutional governments??. The cry for national sovereignty??. Male suffrage and Democracy??. Just the beginning!. In Between. Walt . Whitman. O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, . The ship has . weather’d. every rack, the prize we sought is won, . The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, . https://www.scribd.com/document/142971698/1982-Realism-Michael-Dummett. . Realism (concerning X) construed as a semantical thesis: it is a certain interpretation of a class of statements (the statements about X – the given class).. By. 1. Dr. P. S. . Sontakke. . ( M.A., . M.Phil.. , Ph.D. ). Asst. Prof. of English. Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Karad, . Dist. . Satara. (Maharashtra). . . www.paragsontakke.com . Email-paragsontakke75@gmail.com. Grew out of Realism. Could be considered the pessimistic brother of the Realist movement. Tries to portray life as close to reality as possible. Chose to write about the everyday man or woman. Focused less on a journey or plot in a . To understand one objection to indirect realism. What we’re directly aware of are our . sense data. .. . ?. Remember. If a tree falls over in a forest, and no one is there to hear it…. …does it make a noise?. Optimism and the Belief in Progress. Britain's power, wealth, and self confidence . encouraged optimism and a belief in progress. Ideal family life . (symbolized by the royal family itself) was central to Victorian culture. Naturalism. 1860-1920ish. Realism (noun): the art of depicting nature as it is seen by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm. . –– Ambrose Bierce, . th. -century – early 20. th. century. Difficult to distinguish between . realism. and . naturalism. .. One rough distinction made by critics is that realism that espouses a . deterministic . philosophy and focuses on the lower classes is considered . (1850-1914). Realism, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seen by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm. --Ambrose Bierce . The Devil's Dictionary. Definition . When magical elements are present in a normal, realistic life setting. . Eg. . An individual living for a number of generations over what is a common life age to live to. . What it does.