美国文学之马克吐温-亨利詹姆士-Mark-Twain-and-Henry-James.ppt

ITOPIC:MarkTwainandHenryJamesIIOBJECTIVESA)AmericanrealismB)IntroductiontoMarkTwainC)IntroductiontoHenryJamesD)Thedifferencesbetweenthem1

Topic1―AmericanRealism

1.DefinitionofRealism◆Termappliedtoliterarycompositionthataimstoaninterpretationoftheactualitiesofanyaspectsoflife,freefromsubjectiveprejudice,idealism,orromanticcolor.◆Inartandliterature,Realismreferstoanattempttodescribehumanbehaviorandsurroundingsortorepresentfiguresexactlyastheyactorappearinlife.RealismemergedasaliterarymovementinEuropein