Question

similarities and differences between Naturalism and Romanticism​

Answer 1

Similarities:-

Naturalism shares with Romanticism a belief that the actual is important not in itself but in what it can reveal about thenature of a larger reality.

Difference:-

It differs sharply from Romanticism, however, in finding that reality not in transcendent ideas or absolute ideals but in . . .

Answer 2

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“Naturalism shares with Romanticism a belief that the actual is important not in itself but in what it can reveal about the nature of a larger reality; it differs sharply from Romanticism, however, in finding that reality not in transcendent ideas or absolute ideals but in . . . scientific laws . . . . This distinction may be illustrated in this way. Given a block of wood and a force pushing upon it, producing in it a certain acceleration: Realism will tend to concentrate its attention on the accurate description of that particular block, that special force, and that definite acceleration; Romanticism will tend to see in the entire operation an illustration or symbol or suggestion of a philosophical truth and will so represent the block, the force, and the acceleration . . . that the idea or ideal that it bodies forth is the center of the interest; and Naturalism will tend to see in the operation a clue or a key to the scientific law which undergirds it and to be interested in the relationships among the force, the block, and the produced acceleration . . .” (C. Hugh Holman, A Handbook to Literature, 4th edition).