10--美国文学史之The-Age-of-Realism-and-Howells.pptVIP

Lecture Ten The Age of Realism and Howells Backgrounds for the Rise of Realism Historical and Social backgrounds 1) the effect of the Civil War: industrialization and mechanization; the gap between the rich and the poor 2) the closing of the frontier Intellectual background 1) the decline of the age of Romanticism and Transcendentalism 2) the coming of realism American Realism has its salient features concern for the world of experience, the commonplace, and for the familiar and the low verisimilitude of details derived from observation an objective rather than an idealized view