American Short Fiction

American Short Fiction The Influence of realism and pragmatism on 20th Century American Fiction afterwards World War I American people and the authors among them were left wing disillusioned by the effects that World War I had on their community. America needed a literature that would exempt what had happened and what was happening to their society. American writers turned to what is now known as modernism. The influence of 19th Century realism and naturalism and their innocent representation of American life and people was evident in post World War I modernism.

This paper give try to prove this by presenting the basic ideas and of these literary genres, literary examples of each, and then make connections between the two literary movements. Realism and Modernism not only depicted American society after World War I accurately and unbiasedly, only when also tried to find the solutions brought upon by the suffering created by the war (Elliott 705). The realistic movement of the late 19th nose candy s...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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