What are some of the literary masterpieces of British realism?

Realist literary works include: "The Red and the Black", "The Old Man", "Madame Bovary", "A Tale of Two Cities", "Jane Eyre" and so on.

<> American literature between 1865 and 1918 is known as the period of realism in the history of American literature. American literature of this period was an expression of the American spirit, especially the American **. Realism is a reaction against romanticism.

Face up to reality, not fantasy. Realist literature in turn paved the way for modernist literature.

The characteristics of the period of realism in American literature are:

Truly reflect real life according to the original face of life; exposing the darkness of society and criticizing the evils of reality; portraying a typical character in a typical environment; Take bourgeois humanism as the guiding ideology.

Romanism literature opposes the feudal system politically, and no longer deliberately highlights human rationality, but deeply explores the emotional world of human beings, and creates distinctive characters through magnificent imagination and exaggerated techniques. In terms of creative style, the imagination is rich in ideas and ups and downs of the plot as the main sale.

The most successful of the first 40 years of the 20th century in Britain was traditional realist literature. In addition to George Bernard Shaw and Goldsworthy, there are many accomplished writers and literary masterpieces. Bennett (1867-1931) used Balzac's technique to describe the lives of ordinary citizens, and his trilogy of "The Old Woman's Tale" (1908) and "Clerhanger" (1910-1915) faithfully demonstrated the reality of British society.

Maugham's (1874-l965) wrote about the lives of overseas Britons and locals in the Orient. His "The Moon and Sixpence" (1919) and hundreds of other short stories are both exotic and despicable to colonialist vileness. Forster's (1870-1970) masterpiece A Journey to India (1924) is also set in the East, but focuses on revealing the differences between the two cultures and consciousnesses of the East and the West.

The famous female writer Mansfield (l888-l923) is the "Chekhov of England", and wrote about the misfortune of women in the dark society in the collections of "The Dove's Nest" (1923) and "Childishness" (1924). Cronin (1896—) has been called the "Dickens of the 20th century", and his "Stars Look Down" (1935) and "The Castle" (1937) show the misery and struggle of the miners. Aldington's (1892-1962) novel The Death of a Hero (1920) wrote about the intellectuals' despair at imperialist wars and capitalist society.

In addition, the critic Priestley (1894-1984) criticized society and sympathized with the masses, "Angel Sidewalk" (1930), and the anti-fascist "Goodbye, Berlin" (1939) by Yi Xiuwude (1904-), and so on. Progressive realist writers continued to contribute in exposing critical reality. Doris Lessing (1919—) attacked the South African colonialists in her Grass Singing (1950) and the five-part series Violent Children (1952-1969).

Aldrich (1918—) wrote about the upsurge of the national liberation movement in The Diplomat (1949) and Desert Hero (1954). Grimm Green's (1904—) The Quiet American (1955) writes about the contradictions of imperialism in the Vietnam War.

20th-century English realist literary background.

The two world wars were a great weakening of Britain's power, and with it its hegemony in the capitalist world, and with it, its hegemony in the capitalist world.

The criticism of the conservatism and hypocrisy of British society in the 20th century has a cold, face-to-face characteristic.

The representative work "The Forsyth Family" is a "Stuffy Long River Ant Pie Pie**". The father and daughter of Somis and Frey are selfish, cold and willful, decadent and desperate, and are known as the "Forsyth character".

1. Balzac.

In 1829, he took the first step in realism with the publication of the long story "The Juan Party", and in 1831 he became famous with "The Story of a Donkey's Skin". In 1834, he completed the work of The Tall Old Man, one of Balzac's finest works.

In the 30s and 40s, he created a large number of works with astonishing dynamics, and created a lot in his lifetime, writing 91 films** and creating 2472 realistic characters, collectively known as "The Human Comedy". The Human Comedy has been hailed as "the encyclopedia of capitalist society".

2. Dickens.

Born on February 7, 1812 in the suburbs of Portsmouth, he was born into a family of junior naval officers. Later, he was forced to work as a child laborer in a factory. After the age of 15, he worked as a student and recorder in a law firm.

In 1837, he completed the long "The Pickwick Papers", which was the first realist creation, and later published "The Orphan of the Fog", "Dong Bei and his son", "Hard Times", "Great Expectations" and so on.

3. Leo Tolstoy.

Tolstoy was born into an aristocratic family, dropped out of school in 1847 and returned to his hometown to try to reform serfdom in his own territory. 1851 1854 year served in the army of the Caucasus and began to write. 1854 1855 year participated in the Crimean War.

He entered the literary world in November 1855.

In 1857, seeing the contradictions of capitalist society, but unable to find a way to eradicate the evils of society, he had to call on people to live according to "eternal religious truths". 1860 In 1861, he went abroad again, became acquainted with Herzen, listened to Dickens, and met Proudhon.

1863 In 1869, Tolstoy wrote the long history ** War and Peace. 1873 In 1877 he completed his second famous magnum opus, Anna Karenina, with repeated revisions.

Realist literature is the capitalist system of Western Europe.

A product of the period of establishment and development. In 1830 the "July Revolution" broke out in France, and from then on, the French bourgeoisie.

achieved dominance; In 1832, parliamentary reform was introduced, and the dominance of the British bourgeoisie was further consolidated. These two major political events marked the establishment of the capitalist system in Western Europe. Under the influence of British and French capitalist forces, European countries successively experienced a transition from feudalism.

A historic transition to a capitalist system. This specific social, political and economic situation has a direct impact on literature and has become a decisive factor in the formation and development of realist literature.