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The Rise of Realism

The Rise of Realism. From the Civil War to 1914 By Ethan Young. Causes of Realism . Greatest cause of Realism: Civil War. Civil War led writers to abandon Romantic ideals. The Civil War: 1861-1865. Began with attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861;

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The Rise of Realism

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  1. The Rise of Realism From the Civil War to 1914 By Ethan Young

  2. Causes of Realism • Greatest cause of Realism: Civil War. • Civil War led writers to abandon Romantic ideals.

  3. The Civil War: 1861-1865 • Began with attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861; • Ended at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 9, 1865. • Casualties on both sides topped 1,000,000

  4. After the War • When the Civil War ended, many American writers were disillusioned with Romanticism. • The days of Melville, Hawthorne and Poe were at an end. • But a new generation of writers were about to come of age.

  5. The Realistic Novel • Realistic novels portrayed everyday life. • Their characters were far from idealized; they included poor factory workers, corrupt politicians and prostitutes. • The subjects of Realistic novels were drawn from the slums of the cities and factories.

  6. Realistic Roots: Europe • Realism has its roots in Europe; it was well-established there by the time it came to the U.S. • Realistic writers tried to represent the environment and manners of everyday life. • They also sought to explain why people do what they do. • Realistic novels relied on human and animal psychology.

  7. Realistic Roots: America • In America, Realism has its roots in regionalism. • Regionalism is literature that emphasizes a geographic setting and makes use of the speech and manners of those who live there. • Some regional writers include Harriet Beecher Stowe and Kate Chopin.

  8. Realism: SocialInfluences • Reformers and journalists begin to expose abuses in the mining and meatpacking industries. • In the 1880’s, thousands of European immigrants settled in American cities. • Henry Ford invents the Model T in 1908 and drastically changes the American way of life.

  9. Famous Realist- Mark Twain • Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. • Both novels portray young boys in the pre-Civil War South. • Both novels combine biting injustice in pre-Civil War life with a lyrical view of the American landscape. • Twain used lots of regional dialect in both books.

  10. Famous Realist- Stephen Crane • Crane used lots of psychology in his books. • His main interest was the human character in moments of stress. • Crane was an ironist- he juxtaposed human illusions with the indifference of the universe in his novels.

  11. Bibliography • Barksdale, Allen. "Stephen Crane." Www.bgsu.eduSpring 1996. 15 May 2009 <www.bgsu.edu/.../acs/1890s/crane/crane.gif>.\\ • "Tom Sawyer." Glengarrypedia.wikispaces.com. 19 Nov. 2006. Lower Canada College. 15 May 2009 <glengarrypedia.wikispaces.com>. • Vol. 5. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinhart and Winston, 2008. • "Www.thehollywoodnews.com/.../1/mark-twain.jpg." Www.thehollywoodnews.com. 15 May 2009 <www.thehollywoodnews.com/.../1/mark-twain.jpg>.

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