OBJECTIVE REALISM

1. The artist attempts to entirely remove himself from the scene, i.e., to make it appear as if he is not evaluating the situation at all, but rather is simply putting it forward for the reader/viewer to judge.

2. Common Devices

a. Details
b. Slice of Life
c. Setting
d. Nature Descriptions
e. Believable Dialogue

3. Other Writers

a. Ivan Goncharov (1812-1891)

1. Famous for the novel Oblomov (1869)
2. Oblomov the character became a symbol of Russian indolence and inaction.
3. Goncharov leaves it to the reader to judge Oblomov

b. Sergei Aksakov (1791-1859)

1 Depicted rural society.
2. Most famous work: Years of Childhood (1858)