... in non-realist works. Realism is a distinct creative method that made possible analysis of social environment and an objective portrayal of reality, each realist writer had his own highly individual view of the world. His view of events and his understanding of life and history reflect his attitude to the contemporary social struggle in which he inevitably participates. A work that portrays reality is bound to reflect too ... instance, the way things are. The inevitably subjective and therefore indeterminate status of reality is powerfully dramatized in Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist ...

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