Am Lit Own Part 8

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what's the difference betw. Regional writing and Local Color writing:

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REGIONAL: "grew up with it ~~~
Local Color: can travel there and write about it (ex. Twain-NV)

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Both Regional writing and Local Color writing do the following:

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-written "in the now"
-used speech of common people
-motivation of action of characters was believable

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2 major regional authors

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Twain
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Crane (both transcended this genre, too)

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other prominent Regional/Local Colorists
New England:

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New England: Jewett, Freeman

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other prominent Regional/Local Colorists
Deep South

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***Chopin, Cable

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other prominent Regional/Local Colorists
Mid-Atlantic South

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Chestnutt, Chandler

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other prominent Regional/Local Colorists
Midwest

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Garland (Willa Cather!!!!)

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other prominent Regional/Local Colorists
Far West

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Bret Harte

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Mark Twain themes
part one

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-the trustworthiness of the truths of the heart
-childhood--disillusioning, sense of loss as it passes

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Mark Twain themes
part two

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-hypocrisy, pretense-which he deflates with humor
-**against slavery rock on, Twain!

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Twain narrative style

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chronological order
(but events can be interrupted by anecdotes from another time)easy, exact colloquial (non FO NE Tik style used by others then)

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Tom Sawyer characters

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Tom, Huc Finn, Joe Harper, Becky Thatcher, INJUN JOE

cave, treasure

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Huck Finn characters

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Huck, insane papa, Jim (about to be sold) 2 con men Duke & Dauphin.
raft, murder of harmless drunkard

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2 fictionalized Twain autobiographies

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Life on the Mississippi (cub pilot Twain)
Roughing It (Twain as tenderfoot in Nevada)

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Twain stories, novellas:

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"Notorious Jumping Frog...Calaveras..."
"Man...Corrupted Hadleyburg" (Lead us INTO temptation sign change)

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DICKINSON
basic style derived from

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congregational hymns stanzas

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Dickinson major themes

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NATURE as a delight

death, immortality, God

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some " " bits from Dickinson for familiarity

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-I'll tell you haw the sun rose
-A route of evanescense-A taste of liquor never brewed
-Bees are black w/gilt surcingles
-Of bronze and blaze the sky tonight
-There's a certain slant of light
-The brain is wider than the sky

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more " " bits from Dickinson for familiarity

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-Of bronze and blaze the sky tonight
-There's a certain slant of light
-The brain is wider than the sky

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What was dominant literary genre 1865-1900?

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realism

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Most important realists

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Howells--vocal for realism
Henry James--greatest of all realists; "father of the psychological novel"
Wharton, Glasgow, Twain.

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1900's guy who absolutely loved Twain's Huck Finn...

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HEMINGWAY loved Huck Finn, said all american novels began there

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big difference between romanticism and realism is:

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Romanticism's sentimentality, idealism goes to
realism's HONESTY

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author's basic idea of Rise of Silas Lapham

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Wm Dean HOWELLS wrote it

as Silas' business fortunes FALL, because of his choices he rises morally

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Henry James
3 main themes

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-International
-the nature of Artists
-individuals seeking richer life

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The American
who wrote and what about:

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Henry James
35 yr old self made millionaire goes to Europe to get a wife, rejected by high brow French family

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Daisy Miller
who wrote and what about

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Henry James
youn American to Europe, rich, but un-cultured, pushy mom, dies from malaria (public place?)

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what are the main ideas of naturalism:

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-survival of the fittest
-genetic, social, historical, economic factors decide one's fate

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Frank Norris combined what 2 styles of writing:

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Norris combined Naturalism and his own kind of Romanticism

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Stephen Crane's 3 best works:

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Maggie Girl of the Streets(maggie,pete)
Red Badge of Courage(henry fleming)
Open Boat(nature indifferent) 2 heroes die

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naturalist Jack London best known works:

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Call of the Wild(dogBuck to wild Arctic,uses instincts to survive, alpha) White Fang(opposite: wild to tame, problems) Sea Wolf (cap'n Wolf Larson)

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Big Naturalist writers:

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Norris,
Crane,
London

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Norris bkf:

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The Octupus (far west) (greed, genetic determinism)

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Progressive Era was when and what themes:

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1890's to end of WWII;
chances to write for social, economic reforms (writers couldn't make a living, so worked like others--good material, commonality)

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Progressive Era 1890-1920
WRITERS:

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Edgar Lee Masters (spoon river)
EAR (richard cory)Frost
Sandburg Wharton Cather Drieser SherwoodAnderson

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Jack London themes

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humans are animals; our behavior is determined by laws of nature!!!!
the fittest survive--survival of species is more imp. than ind.