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20 Cards in this Set
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Dates for Realism & Local Color
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(1865-1920)
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Effects of the Period of Industrialism in the U.S.A
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1. Rise of large cities
2. Advanced communication 3. Material and mechanic progress |
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Examples of Realism in Literature
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Turned from Human potential and aspirations to the actualities of existence in America
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Most important vehicle of Realism
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The novel
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Definition of Realism
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Faithful depiction of subject matter; representing real life “accurately in literature” :attempt to show the reader a “slice of life”
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Themes/Characteristics of Realism
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a. True characters/events were not used before as topics
b. Common ordinary people c. Experience of everyday life d. Concrete details |
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Realistic Writers
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1. William Dean Howells
2. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) 3. Henry James 4. Sinclair Lewis |
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Definition of Local Color
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The use of specific details describing the dress, dialect, customs, and scenery. Associated with a particular region or geographical section if the country.
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Definition of Naturalism
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An extreme form of realism; usually depicted the sordid side of life and showing characters that are severely, if not hopelessly, limited by their environment or by heredity.
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Characteristics/Themes of Naturalism
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1.Authors viewed life as struggle.
2. Authors drew upon the predatory aspect of nature 3. The brutal oppression of immigrant workers in the Chicago meatpacking industry |
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Upton Sinclair wrote:
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The Jungle
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Naturalist Writers
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1. Theodore Drieser
2. Frank Norris 3. Hamilton Garland 4. Stephen Crane 5. Jack London |
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Dates of the Modern Age
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( 1920-Present)
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Modern Fiction –
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1. Edith Wharton
2. Scott Fitzgerald 3. John Steinbeck 4. Ernest Hemingway 5. William Faulkner |
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Robert Frost Wrote
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1. “Birches”
2. “Stopping By the Woods On A Snowy Evening” 3. “The Road Not Taken” |
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Theodore Drieser
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Sister Carrie
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Frank Norris
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The Octopus
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Hamilton Garland
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Under the Lions Paw
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Stephen Crane
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1. The Red Badge of courage 2.Maggie: A girl of the Streets.
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Jack London.
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1. White Fang
2. The Call of The Wild |
