The document discusses the literary movement of Naturalism in American literature from the 1890s to the 1920s. Naturalist authors such as Jack London, Edith Wharton, and Frank Norris presented reality without illusion or embellishment. Their works explored how individuals and environments interacted as well as themes of survival, determinism, and violence. The document also provides brief overviews of other literary periods and movements such as Modernism in the early 20th century, Realism from 1865-1900 led by authors like Mark Twain and William Dean Howells, and the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s-1930s which gave voice to African American authors.

1. Andrea Diaz, Robert Chavira, Nancy Garcia-Montes
Marcelo Gomez, Kristen Saiz, Mara Sippel
ENG/492
January 5, 2011
Dr. Eugene Finke

2.  Origins were European
 Vital literary movement from 1890s – 1920s
 “For the naturalist, it is the duty of the writer to present to the
reader reality without illusion, to offer a scientific, detached
view of it rather that to adorn or mislead or simply please the
reader” (PBS, 2007).

3.  Naturalist authors included:
- Jack London
- Edith Wharton
- Frank Noris
- Stephen Crane
 Mirrors what American literature should be and do through
themes such as:
- Forces of individual and environment
- Identification of survival, determinism, and violence
- Attempt of humans to exercise free will

4. A general term applied retrospectively
to the wide range of experimental and
avant‐garde trends in the literature
(and other arts) of the early 20th
century.

5. “The Kiss”
Edouard Manet
“Nana”
Pablo Picasso

6. T. S. Eliot Virginia James Joyce
“The Hallow Men” Woolf
“Prufrock & Other “Jacob’s Room” “Exiles”
Observations” “A Room of One’s Own” “Dubliners”
“The Wasteland” “Mrs. Dalloway” “Ulysses”

7. Igor Stravinsky Anton Webern
Arnold Schoenberg
“The Faun” “Chamber Symphony No. “The Light of The Eye”
“The 2” “5 Canons”
Shepherdess” “Suite For String “In Swift Light Vessels
“Fireworks” Orchestra” Gliding”
“String Quartet #2, op.10”

8. What is Realism in American Literature?
 portray life
 Civil War
American Literature spanned the years
 1865-1900
William Dean Howells said
“Realism is nothing more and nothing less than the truthful
treatment of material”(1047).

9. Realistic movement was lead by
Mark Twain
William Dean Howells
Henry James
Literature in the present
Michael Thomas
Man Gone Down

10.  Sarah Winnemucca.
 was born around 1844 in Nevada.
 negotiate with the Americans with her lectures and
her writings.
 Sarah Winnemucca worked really hard to keep the
peace.

11.  Kate Chopin.
 The Awakening” (1899). This novel speaks and
addresses the issue of gender, sexuality, and the
American family.
 Kate Chopin was really trying to convey that it is ok to
not be a housewife and you could be much more, a
new voice for American literature.

12.  “The Negro Movement” (1920’s-1930’2)
 African American voices rise
 Becomes a base for the Civil Rights Movement
Hubert Harrison (1883-1927)
Funder of The Voice (1917)

13.  Slavery
-The authors and artist of the era were children of
parents who had been enslaved.
 Equality
 Racism
 Stereotyping
 Social integration

14. • Contemporary American Literature
• Historical actions
• Language skills

15. • Internet
• Electronics
• Blogging

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novel/timeline/naturalism.html