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Realism, Naturalism, Regionalism, Impressionism. Just the beginning!. In Between. Walt Whitman O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
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Realism, Naturalism, Regionalism, Impressionism Just the beginning!
In Between • Walt Whitman O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
In Between • Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school, where children strove At recess, in the ring; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun.
Realism • Focused on depicting the realities of life • Reaction to the fantasy of the romantics. Opposes Idealism. • Influenced by the effects of the Civil War
Realism Continued • In the US there was a rise in technology (railroad, typewriter, telephone, light bulb, cars) • Increase in Materialism (Twain called it the “Gilded Age” or the golden age) • Writing focused on • Characters: ordinary people, ordinary experiences • Message was important • Writing for entertainment or instruction
Naturalism Emile’s Zola stated: the ideal of the naturalist is to use a selection of truthful instances subjected to laboratory conditions in a novel where the hypotheses of the author about nature and operation of the forces at work, can be put to the test.
Naturalism • Influenced by science: Darwin, Newton, etc. • Everything is a reaction to something else • Determinism: all events are caused by things that happened before them and that people have no real ability to make choices or control what happens. • Humans nature: struggle against natural forces • Strives to show life under a microscope, but in an objective way.
Regionalism • Realism specific to a designated area: habits, speech, manners, history, folklore, beliefs. • Represented dialect, mannerism, speech, customs, character, etc. • Test of regionalism: it can not be placed in another area. • Influenced by the after-effects of the Civil War. • Westward expansion and railroad connecting the country
Regionalism Development of Regional Character Types • Western Miner • Cowboy • Southern Plantation owner • Southern country bumpkin • Saloon Girl
Impressionism • In art: was a revolt against traditional technique • the author (or artist) presents materials as they appear to an individual temperament at a precise moment and from particular vantage point rather than as they are presumed to be in reality. • Artists and authors are impressed by the object (event) rather than by trying to represent the exact detail of it.
Homework • Read pages 408-422 in textbook and take notes. • Youtube video’s : • Laurie Harmon • Archetype Video #1 & #2
