The Rise of Realism

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The Rise of Realism

• Realism
• A literary movement that attempts to depict life
  accurately as it really is, without romanticizing
  it.
• Naturalism
• An extension of realism that claimed to portray
  life as if it were examined through a scientists
  microscope. Laws of nature beyond our control.

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Realism

• Civil War Lit
• Not too much too busy fighting
• Diaries and journals
• Realism Process
• Observe
• Record
• Analyze

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Writers

• Mark TwainHuck Finn. The Celebrated Jumping
  Frog of Calaveras County Dialect, Humor
• Abraham LincolnThe Gettysburg Address. 16th
  President
• Robert E. LeeLetter to His Son. Confederate
  General
• Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. Introduced Free
  Verse to America

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Writers

• Ambrose BierceOccurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
  Chickamauga
• Stephen CraneRed Badge of Courage, A Mystery of
  Heroism Naturalist
• Jack LondonCall of the Wild, Love of Life
  Naturalist. Yukon
• Edwin Arlington RobinsonTraditional Portraits in
  Verse
• Edgar Lee MastersFree Verse Portraits

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Writers

• Edith WhartonEastern Society
• Kate Chopin...The Awakening. Feminist
• Willa CatherNebraska Writer. O Pioneers! My
  Antonia.

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Topics

• Civil War
• Mans Struggle with nature
• New Roles for Women
• Class Structure
• Regionalism

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Buzz Words

• VerisimilitudeTrying to give the appearance of
  truth.
• ObjectivityNot inserting oneself. Outside the
  situation.
• Psychological RealismLooking at the mind of a
  character.
• Nature vs. NurtureGenetics vs. Environment.

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Development of Realism

• Romantics
• Local Color and Sentimentality
• Regionalism
• Realism
• Naturalism