How does the history of realism connect to the realistic fiction of the 20th and 21st centuries?

Realism was an artistic movement that began in France in the 1850s, following the 1848 Revolution. Realists rejected Romanticism, which had dominated French literature and art since the late 18th century, revolting against the exotic subject matter and exaggerated emotionalism of the movement.

Explanation:

a. both connotative and denotative.