Naturalism vs Realism

Attempted to define what was real.

• Realism

• Naturalism 

• Romanticism 

• None

Rejected the idealized, larger-than-life hero of Romantic literature.

• Realism

• Naturalism 

• Romanticism 

• None

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

is nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material –

• Realism

• Naturalism

Pessimism prevails

• Realism

• Naturalism

indifferent force acting on the lives of human beings.

• Realism

• Naturalism

often looks at the underbelly of society, the grim and even the downtrodden to find human truths.

• Realism

• Naturalism

create fictional worlds that are commonplace and unheroic.

• Realism

• Naturalism