By: Titan Nhan, Sunny Trivedi, and Nicole DiPietro REALISM/REGIONALISM By: Titan Nhan, Sunny Trivedi, and Nicole DiPietro

Realism Concerned with just the facts; favoring practicality and literal truth

Practitioners Mark Twain William Dean Howells Rebecca Harding Davis Henry James

Realism Authors Born- June 24, 1831 Died- September 29, 1910 Mark Twain Rebecca Harding Davis Born – November 30, 1835 Died – April 21, 1910 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Born- June 24, 1831 Died- September 29, 1910 Life in the Iron Mills Frances Waldeaux

Realism Authors Born- April 15, 1843 Died – February 28, 1916 Henry James William Dean Howells Born- April 15, 1843 Died – February 28, 1916 The Turn of the Screw What Maisie Knew Born- March 1, 1837 Dies- May 11, 1920 The Rise of Silas Lapham A Hazard of New Fortunes

Quotes about Realism “Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.” ― Georgia O'Keeffe “My foregrounds are imaginary, my backgrounds real.” ― Gustave Flaubert

Principles Character is more important than plot Is supposed to instruct or entertain The plots highlight the typical daily life Realism was against romanticism and its unfamiliar or unusual subjects Study of documented history and rational philosophy helped the rise of realism “Regional literature is fiction and poetry that focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, topography, and other features particular to a specific region.” (http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/lcolor.html)

Compared To Other Eras Romanticism- Focuses on characters instead of plot, there is no exaggeration life as is, full disclosure of facts opposed to limited. Modernism- Shares a similar characteristic portrays life as is with no romanticism. It has a non sequential timeline like realism stories.

Symbol Realists did not believe in romanticism

Symbol Realism represents reality

Practitioners Regionalists present the culture of the area about which they write Harriet Beecher Stowe Rose Terry Cooke Celia Thaxter

Authors Born- June 14, 1811 Died- July 1, 1896 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe Rose Terry Cooke Born- June 14, 1811 Died- July 1, 1896 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Born- February 17, 1987 Died- July 18, 1892 How Celia Changed her Mind

Quotes About Regionalism “Once you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.” - Franz Grillparzer

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Principles Regionalism helped bring the country back together after the Civil War Regional – influenced by romanticism and realism Regionalism is an extension of realism

Realism & Regionalism Both are from the Civil War to the end of the 1800s Theme – “conflict between urban ways and old-fashioned rural values is often symbolized by the intrusion of an outsider or interloper who seeks something from the community” (http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/lcolor.html)