... a reaction against Romanticism's idealism and subjectivity. The French writer Gustave Flaubert and Leo Tolstoy from Russia are examples of Realist writers. Realists wanted a true representation in literature of reality of contemporary life and manners (Lawall 837). In order for Realist writers to be objective, "the personality of the author was to be suppressed or was at least to recede into the background, since reality ... . Eckardt 4 According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, free indirect discourse is defined as "a manner of presenting the thoughts or utterances...

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... a reaction against Romanticism's idealism ad subjectivity. The French writer Gustave Flaubert and Leo Tolstoy from Russia are examples of Realist writers. Realists wanted a true representation in literature of reality of contemporary life and manners (Lawall 837). In order for Realist writers to be objective, "the personality of the author was to be suppressed or was at least to recede into the background, since reality was ... writings. According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, free indirect discourse is defined as "a manner of presenting the thoughts or utterances ...

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• Approx Pages: 9