Meaning of the term realism in the West

Abstract

 he realist school is one of the most famous modern schools of criticism and one of the most widespread, vital and developed, as it was imbued in every country it entered with a special and distinctive dye that suits the nature of that country and the culture of its people, which made its definition and principles shrouded in a bit of ambiguity and overlap, and this research will try to clarify the concept of this school of criticism, and its most famous types its characteristics, and its historical development; To remove the darkness that befell it, and to restore its freshness and splendor to take the place it deserves among the literary schools, and to explain the reason for the ambiguity and interference that befell it.