Realism in Literature - An Overview of Realism

The Realist movement in literature began in France in the 1830s as a response to the previous Romantic movement, driven by the Industrial Revolution and rapid advancements in science. Realism in literature is the objective approach of depicting things exactly as they are, rather than the elaboration or abstraction of the subjective Romantic writers. Realism developed because writers were forced to examine their rapidly changing societies amidst the Industrial Revolution, and were influenced by science in their objective approach. …