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M S . Y A E G E R
Regionalism and Realism
1880-1910
Literary Movement
 Post Civil War
 U.S rapidly changing
 Writers turn away from Romanticism
 Life as they saw it, not imagined
 Regionalism- the color movement
 Writers portrayed distinct traits of parts of the U.S
 Naturalism- later, more extreme
 Scientific objectivity the effects of environment and heredity
on character
 Darwinism
Areas of Study
 Realism
 Regionalism
 Naturalism
 Regionalism and Naturalism-subsections of Realism
Realism
 Honore’ de Balzac- father of Realism
 The Human Comedy
 90 novels-detail the panorama of French society
 Focused his work on all social levels
 Focused on the “faithful representation of reality”
 Believed the individual was simply a person
 Think of realists as almost pessimists
European Realism Leaders
 Gustave Faubert
 Leo Tolstoy
 George Eliot
 Charles Dickens
 All examined the psychology of human behavior
Realism
 European novelists examined the psychology of
human behavior
 Created characters who struggle w/ problems
readers could recognize
 U.S Realism
 Traced to disillusionment following Civil War
 War destroyed romantic view of humanity
 Presented life as cruel and never embellished
American Realists
 Kate Chopin and Women
 Criticized for her realistic portrayal of women.
 First American to write frankly about suppression and gender
roles.
 “The role of an artist is to be a rebel”
 Sometimes considered a Regionalist
 Stories depicted customs of Creoles and Cajuns in L.A
 Used their language to describe their lifestyles
 Made their world real and refused to judge their lives or
struggles
Feminist Movement Leaders
 Emily Dickinson
 Harriet Beecher Stowe
 Sarah Orne Jewett
 Kate Chopin
 Edith Wharton
 Ellen Glasgow
 Willa Cather
Paul Laurence Dunbar and African Americans
 Earliest African American poets to gain widespread
recognition
 Best known for use of African American dialect
 Reflect post-war lives of African Americans
 Frustrated aspirations in a society dominated by whites
 Struck a balance between European literary
conventions and African American folk culture
Edith Wharton and the Upper Class
 Characters inhabited the upper crust of New York
society
 Depict desires, prejudices, and foibles of her
privileged and affluent characters
 The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth
 Presents culture which devalues the individual in favor of
class divisions
 Social status
 Pursuit of enjoyable wealth
 Satire of the hypocrisy of the American aristocracy-of which
she was a member
Naturalism
 End of 1800’s
 Strongly influenced by Charles Darwin’s theory of
evolution
 People had little control over their lives
 Wrote about ordinary people; but focused on the
middle class and the poor
Edwin Arlington Robinson and Fate
 Felt “doomed” or sentenced for life, to the writing of
poetry
 Characters often loners or misfits; like Edwin
himself
 Creativity is misunderstood or simply ignored
 Focus on individual or individual relationships
 Tone; blend of irony and compassion
 Characters lives end in failure or despair
Jack London and Nature
 Helped support family with hard labor from age 9
 Sympathetic towards working class
 Convinced capitalist society was brutal and repressive
 Drawn to Darwinism
 Seen in many works such as
 The Call of the Wild
 The Sea-Wolf
 Spent time in Alaskan wilderness and the South Seas
 Stories demonstrate power of nature over
civilization
Stephen Crane and War
 War ended 6 years before he was born
 Used it as the subject of his works
 Red Badge of Courage
 Short stories express belief in the necessity of
courage, honesty, and poise in the face of an
indifferent universe
 “An Episode of War”- “Oh, well,’ he said, ‘I don’t
suppose it matters so much as all that.”
 After a young officer reacts to the loss of his arm
Wrap up
 1880-1910-Midwest, Great Plains, and West enriched
literature w/new kinds of American landscapes,
characters and styles of speech
 Realism-widespread effects, seen in journalism, film,
the novel, and painting.
 Challenged the conventions of Romanticism
 Redefined boundaries of acceptable content
 Beginning in the 1890’s-Naturalism shone a bright,
but harsh light on the human condition
 Presented life as brutal, losing battle between individuals
 Extremely diverse-crossing many cultural boundaries
Assignment
 Present author to class- from text book
 Focusing on literary techniques
 Language
 Story lines
 No Laptops

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American realism 1880 1910

  • 1. M S . Y A E G E R Regionalism and Realism 1880-1910
  • 2. Literary Movement  Post Civil War  U.S rapidly changing  Writers turn away from Romanticism  Life as they saw it, not imagined  Regionalism- the color movement  Writers portrayed distinct traits of parts of the U.S  Naturalism- later, more extreme  Scientific objectivity the effects of environment and heredity on character  Darwinism
  • 3. Areas of Study  Realism  Regionalism  Naturalism  Regionalism and Naturalism-subsections of Realism
  • 4. Realism  Honore’ de Balzac- father of Realism  The Human Comedy  90 novels-detail the panorama of French society  Focused his work on all social levels  Focused on the “faithful representation of reality”  Believed the individual was simply a person  Think of realists as almost pessimists
  • 5. European Realism Leaders  Gustave Faubert  Leo Tolstoy  George Eliot  Charles Dickens  All examined the psychology of human behavior
  • 6. Realism  European novelists examined the psychology of human behavior  Created characters who struggle w/ problems readers could recognize  U.S Realism  Traced to disillusionment following Civil War  War destroyed romantic view of humanity  Presented life as cruel and never embellished
  • 7. American Realists  Kate Chopin and Women  Criticized for her realistic portrayal of women.  First American to write frankly about suppression and gender roles.  “The role of an artist is to be a rebel”  Sometimes considered a Regionalist  Stories depicted customs of Creoles and Cajuns in L.A  Used their language to describe their lifestyles  Made their world real and refused to judge their lives or struggles
  • 8. Feminist Movement Leaders  Emily Dickinson  Harriet Beecher Stowe  Sarah Orne Jewett  Kate Chopin  Edith Wharton  Ellen Glasgow  Willa Cather
  • 9. Paul Laurence Dunbar and African Americans  Earliest African American poets to gain widespread recognition  Best known for use of African American dialect  Reflect post-war lives of African Americans  Frustrated aspirations in a society dominated by whites  Struck a balance between European literary conventions and African American folk culture
  • 10. Edith Wharton and the Upper Class  Characters inhabited the upper crust of New York society  Depict desires, prejudices, and foibles of her privileged and affluent characters  The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth  Presents culture which devalues the individual in favor of class divisions  Social status  Pursuit of enjoyable wealth  Satire of the hypocrisy of the American aristocracy-of which she was a member
  • 11. Naturalism  End of 1800’s  Strongly influenced by Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution  People had little control over their lives  Wrote about ordinary people; but focused on the middle class and the poor
  • 12. Edwin Arlington Robinson and Fate  Felt “doomed” or sentenced for life, to the writing of poetry  Characters often loners or misfits; like Edwin himself  Creativity is misunderstood or simply ignored  Focus on individual or individual relationships  Tone; blend of irony and compassion  Characters lives end in failure or despair
  • 13. Jack London and Nature  Helped support family with hard labor from age 9  Sympathetic towards working class  Convinced capitalist society was brutal and repressive  Drawn to Darwinism  Seen in many works such as  The Call of the Wild  The Sea-Wolf  Spent time in Alaskan wilderness and the South Seas  Stories demonstrate power of nature over civilization
  • 14. Stephen Crane and War  War ended 6 years before he was born  Used it as the subject of his works  Red Badge of Courage  Short stories express belief in the necessity of courage, honesty, and poise in the face of an indifferent universe  “An Episode of War”- “Oh, well,’ he said, ‘I don’t suppose it matters so much as all that.”  After a young officer reacts to the loss of his arm
  • 15. Wrap up  1880-1910-Midwest, Great Plains, and West enriched literature w/new kinds of American landscapes, characters and styles of speech  Realism-widespread effects, seen in journalism, film, the novel, and painting.  Challenged the conventions of Romanticism  Redefined boundaries of acceptable content  Beginning in the 1890’s-Naturalism shone a bright, but harsh light on the human condition  Presented life as brutal, losing battle between individuals  Extremely diverse-crossing many cultural boundaries
  • 16. Assignment  Present author to class- from text book  Focusing on literary techniques  Language  Story lines  No Laptops