1. Realism in the fiction in the novel
... of the life of man in society, of social relations, the relationship between the individual and society, and the structure of society itself. Realism took the content of all art and literature depiction of the world and human thoughts and feelings and made it a principle, thereby rising above the flat and copying of reality and subjective presentation of human nature as a playground of unbridled passions. Realism does not arbitrarily isolate man from the social environment in which he lives ... numerous acts of kindness throughout the book (helping Magwitch, secretly buying Herbert's wa...
- Word Count: 3498
- Approx Pages: 14
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Graduate