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Realism in Literature . By Samantha Hansalik. What is realism?. Realism: Is writing that depicts a realistic everyday life of an average middle class person. Characters and plots were often based around factual events and people, and it aims to show a truthful representation of reality . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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BY SAMANTHA HANSALIK
Realism in Literature
What is realism?
Realism: Is writing that depicts a realistic everyday life of an average middle class person. Characters and plots were often based around factual events and people, and it aims to show a truthful representation of reality
What are the causes of the people’s sudden interest?
As the United States grew rapidly after the Civil War, the increasing rates of democracy and literacy, the rapid growth in industrialism and urbanization, an expanding population base due to immigration, and a relative rise in middle-class affluence provided a fertile literary environment for readers interested in understanding these rapid shifts in culture that led to an increase of realism in literature.
Info graphic: Newspapers Published in United State
Why did people read realism?
Realism started around the civil war because: The rise of industrialization Stories they could relate too
rather than Romanized ones
people of the middle class wanted to be able to sympathize with the literature
Atlantic Monthly
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens -> Mark Twain: riverboat expression used to describe the depth of water
Spent childhood in Hannibal, Missouri
style was humorous and descriptive, capturing the colloquial voice of American speech with slang and iconoclasm.
first well known short story, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” to depict and even satirize the difference between easterners and
westerners.
Mark Twain famous works
“Life on the Mississippi” Accurate portrayl of everday life living on the Mississippi
“ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” Portrays realism with his clever use of phonetically spelled dialogue rather than correct dictionary spelling of words
William Dean Howells
“A Modern Instance” Told the story of a couple who’s marriage was
impossible to mend, and ended in divorce Why is this realism?
Because its plot is relatable and is common in everyday lives
William Dean Howells said that, “Realism is nothing more,
and nothing less, than the truthful treatments of material”
Henry James
A realistThe American and The Portrait of a LadyDealt with issues such as feminism and
difficulties faced with the modern world Major themes:
Clash of American and European cultures Close-up exmination of wealthy
How can you tell if a piece of literature is Realism?
Depicts reality closelyMore emphasis on characters and his
purpose, rather than the plot and action Characters are most often the middle class All events in the piece are plausible Word choice and diction is everyday
vernacular
Gilded Age
The Gilded Age, was a period of rapid economic growth but also much social conflict
A PIECE BY MARK TWAIN
HOW DOES HE DESCRIBE THE GILDED AGE?WHAT IS HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD THIS TIME PERIOD?
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