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Realism Background Quiz- True or False (write down the statements!)

Realism Background Quiz- True or False (write down the statements!). 1. Realism was a literary time period that occurred between the Civil War ( 1861-1865 ) and WWI (1914-1918). 2. Realistic writers only emphasized characters from the upper classes.

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Realism Background Quiz- True or False (write down the statements!)

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  1. Realism Background Quiz- True or False (write down the statements!) • 1. Realism was a literary time period that occurred between the Civil War (1861-1865) and WWI (1914-1918). • 2. Realistic writers only emphasized characters from the upper classes. • 3. The Realistic novel arose out of the horrors of the Civil War. • 4. Many writers were angry and disillusioned after the Civil War. • 5. Realism does not seek to portray people and life as they truly are.

  2. Realism Background Quiz- True or False (write down the statements!) • 6. The two subgenres of Realism are Regionalism and Naturalism. • 7. Regionalism focused on a specific geographic setting that made use of localspeech and customs of those who live in that region. • 8. Mark Twain is not a Regional writer. • 9. Naturalists believed that human behavior is determined by heredity andenvironment. • 10. Naturalists relied on the emerging scientific disciplines of psychology andsociology.

  3. Realism Background Quiz- True or False (write down the statements!) • 1. Realism was a literary time period that occurred between the Civil War (1861-1865) and WWI (1914-1918). TRUE • 2. Realistic writers only emphasized characters from the upper classes. FALSE • 3. The Realistic novel arose out of the horrors of the Civil War. TRUE • 4. Many writers were angry and disillusioned after the Civil War. TRUE • 5. Realism does not seek to portray people and life as they truly are. FALSE

  4. Realism Background Quiz- True or False (write down the statements!) • 6. The two subgenres of Realism are Regionalism and Naturalism. TRUE • 7. Regionalism focused on a specific geographic setting that made use of localspeech and customs of those who live in that region. TRUE • 8. Mark Twain is not a Regional writer. FALSE • 9. Naturalists believed that human behavior is determined by heredity andenvironment. TRUE • 10. Naturalists relied on the emerging scientific disciplines of psychology andsociology. TRUE

  5. “Where Romantics try to find the ideal, Realists center their attention on the immediate, the here and now, the specific action, and the consequence” Era of Realism-Civil War (1861-1865)-1914 (WWI)

  6. Romanticism • Emphasized imagination and the surreal over everyday life • Most literature written during Romantic Period was fiction • Poetry and novels most prevalent • Women authors began to emerge, though they often used pseudonyms.

  7. A literary movement broadly defined as “the faithful representation of reality” of the 19th and 20th centuries that came about as a response to the Romantic Movement. After the Civil War, “A new generation of writers came of age” who were known as “Realists” who “aimed at a ‘very minute fidelity’ to the common course of ordinary life” (391). Subjects of Realism writing were generally “from slums of rapidly expanding cities”, worked in factories, and were “far from idealized characters” (391). Realism writers “tried to represent faithfully the environment and manners of everyday life” (391). The Rise of Realism

  8. “Rejection of idealized, larger-than-life hero from Romantic literature” Focus on “Ordinary Characters and Realistic Events” with “emphasis on characters from Cities and Lower Classes” “Avoidance of the exotic and overly dramatic” “Use of Everyday Speech Patterns” to reveal people’s “class distinctions” Emphasized the “Ethical Struggles and Social Issues of REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS” The Five Major Tenets of Realism

  9. The Rise of Realism-What “caused” it?

  10. Subgenres-Regionalism and Naturalism Regionalism- “Literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting and makes use of the speech and manners of the people who live in that region” (391). Naturalism-A type of literature that attempts to apply SCIENTIFIC (psychology and sociology) Principles of OBJECTIVITY to its study of human beings. Naturalists believed who wrote from the perspective that “human behavior was determined beyond an individual’s power, especially BIOLOGY and ENVIORNMENT” (394). Naturalistic characters generally are at the mercy of the NATURAL LAWS of THE UNIVERSE and are ”UNABLE to control their OWN DESTINIES” (394)Themes about: 1. Survival, Determinism, Violence, and Taboos;2. The “BRUTE” within each individual and the warring emotions within; 3. Nature is an INDIFFERENT FORCE acting on the lives of human beings; 4. The forces of HEREDITY and ENVIORNMENT as they affect and afflict INDIVIDUAL LIVES.

  11. Naturalism cont… • 5. An indifferent, deterministic universe. • “A man said to the universe: • ‘Sir, I exist!’ ‘However,’ replied the universe, ‘The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.” –(Stephen Crane) 1894

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