Realism, Naturalism and RomanticismThe literary and artistic works of the first half of the 19th century offer a set of common points that allow us to define the cultural movement that we call Romanticism is characterized by the importance given to passions and the desire to escape, by expressing it, the "evil of the century". Illustrated by literature and painting, romantic characters embody a new model of hero. The romantic hero is a being aware of having arrived too late in a world that is too old: in love with absolutes and freedom, he has the sensation of not being the master of his own destiny. The positive world leaves little room for enthusiasm and dreams. The main lyrical themes: love, death, life, childhood and memory, the feeling of time passing, the awareness of an ephemeral condition of human nature and admiration for nature. · Hugo, Victor -- "Les Miserables" · Stendhal (Henry Beyle) -- "Rouge et Noir" · Balzac, Honore -- "The Human Comedy" · Dumas, Alexandre -- "The Three Musketeers" Realism formed on the word " real", Realism was born before 1850 and developed after this date, it is characterized by the desire of some painters and novelists to represent reality without modifying it. Realism draws its themes from the observation of the contemporary, social and historical world: it is interested in things, people and situations, until now not considered artistic. The pictorial and literary creation is also aimed at those who live in these mediocre environments: workers, artisans, prostitutes, marginalized people, represented in the often most sordid aspects of their lives. The great realist writers are: · Flaubert, Gustave -- "Madame Bovary" · Balzac, Honoré -- "Le Father Goriot"."