in an frank and penetrating way.(Ulysses)
4.Araby(from Dubliners):a tale of the frustrated quest for beauty
theme :the child lives not with his parents but with an uncle and aunt, a symbol of that isolation and lack of proper relation between parents and children
Chapter7 The Realistic Period 1865-1914
1.background:the Civil War affected both the social and the value system
(1)transformed from an agricultural one to an industrialized and commercialized one
(2)stimulated technological development
(3)stepped up urbanization
(4)people became dubious about the human nature and the charity of God The Gilded Age
2.American Realistic Period and English Realistic Period(Victorian Period)