2. It is defined as “the faithful
representation of reality” or
“verisimilitude”. Realism is often cited as
a technique of writing that some authors
use, but it also is a subject of matter that
includes topics such as the middle-class
life and it opposes to the romanticism.

3. Realism had profound effects on fiction
from places as far-flung as Russia and
the Americas. The novel, which had
been born out of the romance as a
more or less fantastic narrative, settled
into a realistic mode which is still
dominant today.

4. Aside from genre fiction such as fantasy
and horror, we expect the ordinary novel
today to be based in our own world, with
recognizably familiar types of characters
endowed with no supernatural powers,
doing the sorts of things that ordinary
people do every day.

5. The emergence of Naturalism does not
mark a radical break with Realism, rather
the new style is a logical extension of the
old. The term was invented by Émile Zola
partly because he was seeking for a
striking platform from which to convince
the reading public that it was getting
something new and modern in his fiction.
In fact, he inherited a good deal from his
predecessors.

6. He argued that his special contribution
to the art of fiction was the application
to the creation of characters and plot of
the scientific method. The new "scientific
novel" would be created by placing
characters with known inherited
characteristics into a carefully defined
environment and observing the resulting
behavior.

7. During the 18th century, in France,
Realism had its influences on the fiction
and the theater. That is not so surprising,
considering its continuous struggle
against Romanticism.

8. He is generally accredited to be the
grandfather of the Realism, thanks to his
novel The Human Comedy, which
depicted every aspect of the residents
of France in the 18th century in a very
clear way. Balzac was well-known for
describing with such precision almost
everything he wrote about.

9. Zola was a French author, with many
works being a huge influence the
Naturalism movement. He argued that
his special contribution to the art of
fiction was the application to the
creation of characters and plot of the
scientific method. The new "scientific
novel" would be created by placing
characters with known inherited
characteristics into a carefully defined

10.  http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit
/realism.htm
 http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/
naturalism.html
 http://www.online-literature.com/emile-
zola/