Question

How are regionalism and realism alike?

Answer 1

REGIONALISM : This was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion.
REGIONALISM : Literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting and that reproduces the speech, behavior, and attitudes of the people who live in that region.

Answer 2

Realism was a literary movement whose authors described life as they saw it, instead of how they imagined or wanted it to be. Another literary movement, Regionalism, was related to Realism. Regionalist authors portrayed the specific traits of particular regions or areas of the
United States.