Essays Tagged: "realists"

Realists/Naturalists in Literature: Cather, Crane, Twain, and James

Emile Zola believed "the realists/naturalists consider that man cannot be separated from his surroundings, that he is complet ...

(4 pages) 197 0 4.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

Grunge Literature, What quality in a novel is it which prompts it to be labelled as 'grunge literature'? And why do so many authors of books which fall into this genre object so strenuously to the la

Ophelia, which gave her the 'empress' title. Ettler is part of the Australian 'brat pack' of Dirty Realists, the grunge writers who reproduce the urban underside of life with every thrust of a fuck, ...

(5 pages) 61 0 3.6 Apr/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Historiography This paper discusses the six schools of historical thought.

Consensus Historians, and The New Left. The foreign policy group consists of The Nationalists, The Realists, and The Radicals.DomesticThe first school of domestic historical thought is The Progressiv ... ey did it in a "good" way. This type of ultra positive thinking is a staple of the Nationalists.The Realists are another group Foreign Policy historians that came out around 1945. They often criticize ...

(4 pages) 120 0 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

A brief history of drama

d realism began to play major roles in the area of drama. Naturalists such as August Strindberg and realists such as Henrik Ibsen demonstrate an entirely different view of what drama is all about.Duri ... om neo-classicism and strict guidelines to free flowing, emotionally based romantics, to the "real" realists, drama took monumental steps in many directions, but these directions shape what we now kno ...

(3 pages) 118 0 4.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

The time period from about 1650 to 1920 was ever changing in the world of drama.

d realism began to play major roles in the area of drama. Naturalists such as August Strindberg and realists such as Henrik Ibsen demonstrate an entirely different view of what drama is all about.Duri ... om neo-classicism and strict guidelines to free flowing, emotionally based romantics, to the "real" realists, drama took monumental steps in many directions, but these directions shape what we now kno ...

(3 pages) 76 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Left vs. Right brained Conflict Resolution.

tic, speculative and inventive as their traits. The conflict is as follows "creatives versus suits, realists versus romantics." If you can remove the lucid tension between the two and get them working ...

(3 pages) 94 0 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Causes of World War I

states are free to pursue self-interest of state and anarchy forces them to acquire power to do so.Realists argue that states exist in a self-help system where the use of force is a constant threat, ...

(6 pages) 98 1 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Louisa May Alcott

Twain and William Dean Howells, the pioneers of realism; Henry James; and Louisa May Alcott. These realists are some of the most famous authors of the world.Here are some interesting facts about the ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Realisms View on Reputations

Realists believed that the reputation took too great a role in society. The reputation was held to b ... d have a negative effect upon the person and lead to decisions that would normally be frowned upon. Realists applied their beliefs to the masses as well as the individual. They viewed the reputation t ... ing the branding, or reputation, that Mr. Oakhurst had obtained and would never be able to lose.The Realists believed that the reputation caused a great deal of unavoidable social stress. It caused ea ...

(4 pages) 70 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

MODERNISM VS REALISM

e realistic movement of the late 19th century saw authors accurately depict life and it's problems. Realists attempted to "give a comprehensive picture of modern life" (Elliott 502) by presenting the ... ut instead attempted to show the different classes, manners, and stratification of life in America. Realists created this picture of America by combining a wide variety of "details derived from observ ...

(8 pages) 13704 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Sociology: Outline and assess left and right realist explanations of crime deviance.

trols, i.e. informal controls imposed by neighbours, family and peer groups are breaking down.Right realists stress that attempts to explain the causes of crime should be abandoned and that sociologis ... lunteers, parentgovernors for schools etc. all this would be jepordized by criminal behaviour.Right realists believe the way to control crime is to take practical measures to make sure the cost of cri ...

(3 pages) 134 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Should sociologists make use of official statistics?

s sociological though on this issue into three categories positivist, institutionalist, and radical.Realists are of the Positivist schools of thought that believe sociologists should be "in the same s ...

(6 pages) 64 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

In what ways is Dead Poets Society about the conflict between realism and idealism?

ealism. For example Welton Academy is a school that is deep-rooted in realism, the teachers are all realists and in turn did not allow the students to think for themselves, but taught them what they t ...

(2 pages) 50 0 3.9 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Is military force becoming less useful as an instrument of policy?

ce theory, which argues that military force is becoming an obsolete means of shaping policy and the Realists who believe that military force is still an important instrument of state policy. The compl ... ntally and economically are too expensive for it to be considered an effective instrument of policy.Realists however argue that international politics is anarchic. States main aims are too look after ...

(5 pages) 66 0 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

American Realism

d naturalists plumb the actual or superficial to find the scientific laws that control its actions, realists center their attention to a remarkable degree on the immediate, the here and now, the speci ...

(2 pages) 92 1 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Realism and Liberalism Discuss and compare or contrast Realism and Liberalism.

tures that relate and coexist, yet are opposite in theory. Realism is conservative and pessimistic. Realists plan for permanence of the current international state of affairs. Liberalism is progressiv ... ealism and liberalism define the actors within international relations differently from each other. Realists tell us that only powerful, larger states are true actors in international politics. Libera ...

(3 pages) 150 0 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

What are the assumptions of realism and why has it been so influential in the studies of International relations?

y it has become another phrase for 'power politics'. Instead of referring to itself as an ideology, realists see it as more of a straight forward rational theory, a way of thinking reasonably in the s ... power, the amount depending on the standing of the state in question.This leads to the fact that if realists believe the above to be true, they envisage the global stage as one which houses many power ...

(6 pages) 132 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

UN reform based on maintainter's viewpoint: Machiavelli, Niebuhr, Morgenthau and Mearsheimer's central ideas.

man rights issues.With all the aspects in mind, we shall explain what our principles are. Basically realists such as Hans Morgenthau and Reinhold Niebuhr believed that states are like human beings tha ...

(8 pages) 50 0 0.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Realism in Literature- An overview of Realism

ks often focused on the social lives of typical people, through novels and other kinds of works.The Realists lived through many revolutions and political changes, along with technological changes. The ... ountries in Europe had liberal revolutions. Afterwards, Europe experienced a conservative backlash. Realists became disgusted with the upper class to which they often belonged, because of the actions ...

(1 pages) 36 1 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"There should be one style of worship for all believers." Do you agree? You must refer to Christianity in your answer.

Christians Jews and Muslims are realists. This means that they believe that whether you are a believer or not it makes no difference ...

(2 pages) 12 1 3.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity