Literary notes about realistic (AI summary)
In literature, "realistic" is employed to denote a faithful, often vivid depiction of life and nature, providing a sense of immediacy and authenticity. Authors invoke realistic details to ground narratives in tangible observations, as seen in descriptions that bring historical or everyday scenes to life with precision ([1], [2], [3]). At times, the term is used to emphasize not only accuracy—capturing minute details and behavior ([4], [5])—but also a commitment to portraying characters and settings as they truly are, without idealized embellishment ([6], [7]). In some instances, writers even make a clear distinction between purely realistic representation and its pseudo-realistic variations ([8]), underscoring the balance they seek between formal artifice and natural verisimilitude.
- The burthen of Isaiah is heard again, and with realistic intensity, in the seventh century, and in the north, with our patriarchial poet Cædmon.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway - “I like to watch such realistic scenes, Smurov,” said Kolya suddenly.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - So realistic was the sight that I awoke at once; the room was strangely enveloped in dazzling light.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - Chardin interprets still-life with realistic beauty; if he had ever painted an onion it would have revealed a certain grace.
— from Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker - “A certain selection and discretion must be used in producing a realistic effect,” remarked Holmes.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - In one respect his comedies are worthy of careful reading,--they are intensely realistic, presenting men and women of the time exactly as they were.
— from English Literature by William J. Long - Putin's great asset is his pragmatism and realistic assessment of the shambles that Russia has become and of his own limitations.
— from Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Samuel Vaknin - We tend, however, to avoid this by passing to a pseudo-realistic position by saying that the brain is a thing and not an image.
— from Bergson and His Philosophy by John Alexander Gunn
