内容文稿美国文学american realism.pptxVIP

★American Realism（1865-1914）;Social conflicts;Historical background;3. The frontier was closing. The worth of the American dream, the idealized and romantic view of man began to lose its hold. 4. By the 1870s, American Renaissance began to wane. Many celebrities either became old or died. The age of Romanticism was by and large over. ;Realism is a literary doctrine, originated in France, that calls for “reality and truth” in the depiction of ordinary life. In America literary history, the period 1865-1914 is referred to as the Age of Realism. It aims at the interpretation of actualities of