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Frequently Used Literary Terms and Titles (these pages under construction) |
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Like many literary terms, Realism refers both to a specific historical period and to a certain mode of representation (and in philosophical discourse, it means something else entirely). In addition, one needs to be careful to distinguish between, say, American and French Realism. Nonetheless, some general features may be delineated. French Realists include Honoré de Balzac (The Human Comedy) and Gustave Flaubert (Madame Bovary), while in Russia the big three are Ivan Turgenev (Fathers and Sons), Fyodor Dostoevsky (Crime and Punishment), and Leo Tolstoy (Anna Karenina).
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Revised: May 21, 2003
Contact: Prof. Christine Roth or Cary Henson