Realism and Naturalism

How was Realism different from the Romantic period?

• It contained more stories about strong heroes inspired by the Medieval period
• It contained more stories about the rich upper class
• It contained stories as close to reality as possible and usually about the middle class
• It contained stories about exploration to exotic places

What are the typical traits of a realism novel?

• The story was mostly about kings and queens
• The story was mostly about monsters
• The story was mostly about wars
• The story was mostly about ordinary people

Can you name one difference between the era of naturalism and realism

• The characters were mostly about the lower class
• It took place outside in nature
• Naturalism contained characters that were animals
• Naturalism never had female main characters

Name one important person for naturalism and name one thing he did.

• Jonathan Swift was a great writer from this period
• Daniel Defoe wrote many important books
• Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press
• Emile Zola transformed naturalism into being a greater literate movement

Attempted to analyze human behavior objectively, as a scientist would.

• Realism
• Naturalism 
• Romantacism
• All the above

Avoidance of the exotic, sensational and overly dramatic.

• Realism 
• Naturalism 
• Romanticism 
• None of the above.

Sense of life as a losing battle against an uncaring universe.

• Realism 
• Naturalism 
• Romanticism 
• None of the above

Shuns the artificiality of civilization and seeks unspoiled nature.

• Realism
• Naturalism 
• Romanticism 
• All of the above

Writers began to look at...

• local manners of ordinary people

• rational thought

• global issues

The idea that human behavior was determined by forces beyond individual control is an element of...

• romanticism

• rationalism

• naturalism