Key authors, features, and works of realism and naturalism in Europe and America.
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- Literary realism
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Movement emphasizing objective representation of everyday life, ordinary people, and social reality- Literary naturalism
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Extension of realism applying scientific determinism, showing how heredity and environment shape character- Key difference: realism vs. naturalism
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Naturalism is deterministic and scientific; realism broadly depicts everyday reality without necessarily emphasizing causation- When did literary realism emerge in Europe?
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1830s-1840s- When did literary naturalism emerge?
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1870s-1880s- Objective narration (realist technique)
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Detailed, impartial representation of reality with authorial distance, showing rather than commenting- Environmental determinism (naturalist feature)
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Character and destiny shaped by heredity, social class, and circumstance beyond individual control- Gustave Flaubert
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French realist pioneer who revolutionized novel technique through meticulous observation and style- Madame Bovary
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Flaubert's novel of a provincial French woman whose romantic fantasies clash with mundane reality- Honoré de Balzac
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French realist who created panoramic depiction of French society across multiple classes- La Comédie Humaine
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Balzac's cycle of interconnected novels depicting French society with recurring characters- Stendhal
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French realist known for psychological insight and the novel The Red and the Black- Émile Zola
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French naturalist novelist and theorist who advocated scientific, experimental approach to fiction- Les Rougon-Macquart
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Zola's series of 20 interconnected novels tracing a family through Second Empire France- Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Russian realist exploring psychological depths, morality, and spiritual crisis in human characters
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