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A Theory of Realistic Representation in Henry James 　　[a]　English　Department，　Faculty　of　Literature　　Humanities，　Razi　University，　Kermanshah，　Iran. 　　*　Corresponding　author. 　　Received　8　October　2012；　accepted　11　December　2012 　　Abstract 　　A　dimension　of　the　later　style　of　the　fiction　of　Henry　James　is　its　deep　concern　not　with　selves　and　identities　but　with　images　and　appearances.　These　works　typically　picture　the　character　in　in-between　situations　where　he　is　recognized　not　as　he　really　is　but　as　he　shows　himself，　jected　situations.　However，　another　aspect　of　James’s　later　style　is　the　magnificence　of　the　appearance，　ductive　relations　among　the　agents　of　the　narrative.　These　facades　of　James’s　later　style　render　it　a　space　for　a　new　mode　of　realistic　representation　which　depends　on　a　new　kind　of　verisimilitude，　the　story　in　the　service　of　language，　and　consciousness　dramatization.　And　the　watershed　of　the　Jamesian　verisimilitude　is　the　work　of　successive　centers　of　consciousness　from　where　the　tale　is　narrated.　In　addition，　to　show　the　deepest　layers　of　the　human　soul，　James’s　narrator　can　occasionally　go　beyond　the　frontiers　of　language　and　take　use　of　the　non-verbal　structures　of　culture　also.　Tcess　of　evolution.　And　it　shows　“the　real”　not　as　what　has　so　far　been　considered　as　real，　but　as　what　emerges　in　this　modern　analytical　consciousness. 　　Key　words：　James；　Fiction；　The　real；　Appearance；　Representation；　Consciousness；　Verisimilitude 　　Ali　Taghizadeh　（2012）.　A　Theory　of　Realistic　Representation　in　Henry　James.　Studies　in　Literature　and　Language，　5（3），　-0.　Available　from：　http：///index.php/sll/article/view/j.sll.1923156320120503.1195 　　DOI：　http：///10.3968/j.sll.1923156320120503.1195 　　INTRODUCTION 　　Standing　in　the　midway　between　the　English　traditionally　realistic　Story，　and　the　modern　unrealistic　novel　which　is　mainly　psychological　also，　the　fiction　of　James　serves　to　make　people　more　civilized　not　through　imitation　but　mainly　through　revisi