Realism in General
Subgenres
Huckleberry Finn
Random questions
100

In what century did realism start?

The 19th century

100

Socialist realism was mostly used in which country?

The Soviet Union

100

Why is the book named Huckleberry Finn?

It is the name of the main caracter

100

To which literature movement was Realism a reaction?

Romantisism

200

In what country did realism start?  

France

200

True or false, magical realism adds magical elements which we would see as weird or unusual in the real world.

False

200

In the book, what is the name of the slave that runs away with Huck?

Jim
200

Which 2 classes could relate most to the works of literary realism?

The middle and lower classes

300

Give 3 aspects of realism.

Attention to detail, Creating interesting characters, Real life, Emphasising lower/middle class

300

Name 5 subgenres of realism

•Magical realism

•Naturalism

•Psychological realism

•Social realism

•Socialist realism

•Theatrical realism

•Kitchen sink realism

300

In the book, 2men named the duke and the king want to scam people by pretending to be what?

They pretended to be the brothers of a deceased
300

What no longer had priority in a book according to the writers in the period of realism?

The plot

400

Realism is seen as a reaction on romanticism and the rise of which group in Europe?

The bourgeois

400

What is the biggest difference between socialist and social realism?

Socialist was mostly used as propaganda while social was showing the world in times of the great crash.

400

n a list of books from Mark Twain, what book has a caracter that is also seen in Huckleberry Finn?

Tom Sawyer

400

Name 2 things realism has had influence on in the modern day literature

•Accurate representationof life

•Caracter depth

•Different viewpoints in a book


500

Realism rejects an aspect of earlier written books by having ordinary citizens as heroes in its books, what aspect is that?

the heroic and the aristocratic

500

Social realism was used mostly to show the poor conditions of workers in which project?

The new deal

500

To which city do Jim and Huck try to run?

To Cairo

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What gave rise to literature movement realism?

Those who invented realism felt that the writings of the Romantic period had lost touch with reality. The writers of realism wanted to show what real life was like and describe the lives of the lower and middle classes.