Question

The nineteenth-century realism movement emerged as a reaction to the romantic period. What subjects did realism focus on?

a. the daily lives of ordinary people
b. the sentimentalizing of events in a story
c. the absurdity of human existence
d. the spiritual decay of modern society

Answer 1

I believe the correct answer is A.

Answer 2

a. the daily lives of ordinary people

The realist movement was a result the exotic influence of Romanticism which led the common issues about the people and their problems and suffering which lay hidden behind the bars. The movement focused on the daily lives of the people which was based on direct observations about the modern world.