10-The-Literature-of-Realism-美国文学-10新建-Microsoft-PowerPoint-演示文稿.pptVIP

The Literature of Realism from 1865 to 1914 Age of Realism a movement or tendency that dominated the spirit of American literature, especially American fiction, from the 1850s onwards. a reaction against Romanticism a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions paved the way to Modernism. Historical Background: 1.the Civil War affected both the social and the value system of the country. transformed from a Jeffersonian agrarian community into an industrialized and commercialized society. 2. noticeable changes to the American economy the technological developm