How did Realism reflect the culture of the Industrial Age?
a. Realism portrayed the social ills brought about by industrialization.
b. Realism emphasized the importance of reason and restraint.
c. Realism depicted the important achievements of the Industrial Revolution.
d. Realism celebrated the growing middle class and its beliefs and values.
Realism is a widely used term in the arts. In literature, it came into being as a response to Romanticism. While Romanticism focused on the inner, spiritual side of human nature, and was skewed toward the exceptional and Sublime, Realism focused on the mundane, the everyday. Realism focussed on the ideology of objective reality and revolted against exaggerated emotionalism of Romanticism.
