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literary realism: a standalone construct

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Literary history

the serious representation of everyday reality and ordinary people in literature, which Auerbach traces through changing styles from Homer onward.

In literary history, literary realism refers to the serious representation of everyday reality and ordinary people in literature, which Auerbach traces through changing styles from Homer onward. This meaning comes from Auerbach (1946/1953) in Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature.[1]

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  1. Auerbach, E. (1953). Mimesis: The representation of reality in Western literature (W. R. Trask, Trans.). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1946) Open Library record

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