abstract:Romantic realism is an aesthetic term that usually refers to art which combines elements of both romanticism and realism. The terms "romanticism" and "realism" have been used in varied ways, and are sometimes seen as opposed to one another.
Jun Qing'sshortstoriespresentedsolemn and stirring aestheticstylewith its simple andconcentrativeplots, vivid andmovingheroicimages, a mixture ofromanticcolor with realism.
Yet Hunt's "Valentine Rescuing Sylvia From Proteus" (after Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona") attains a high degree of Romantic beauty while offering a record of the painstaking historic realism that characterized Victorian Shakespeare productions by Charles Kean and Henry Irving.