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American Realism Junior English

American Literature The Puritan Era Age of Reason Romanticism Realism Contemporary and Post-Modern Period The Puritan Era Age of Reason Romanticism Realism Transcendentalism Modernism 1600 - 1750 1750-1800 1800-1840 1840-1855 1865-1915 1916-1946 1946 – Present

Realism in Literature Interrupts & Rejects Romanticism: No 5 I’s Emphasized reality - from real life experiences Familiar settings, ordinary characters Plots = normal daily experience, even bad ones Modern Example: Percy Jackson vs. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Romantic) (Realist)

3 Influences Division – Civil War Reconciliation – rebuilding nation Expansion – westward; industrial rev, immigration

Division Civil War –Nation divided Stories about the front lines: tragedy & fear

Reconciliation Voices from prev unheard Women Specific Regions – Dialects (accents) & ways of life Slave Narratives

Expansion West – Homestead Act, Railroad transportation Industrial Rev – move from rural to urban = new tech, pollution Immigration – from Europe & Asia; to urban areas; prejudice

Characteristics Details reality closely Events are plausible (realistic) Characters = difficult situations & ethical choices, have flaws Class struggles (poor vs rich) Natural vernacular = normal, matter-of-fact way of speaking, possibly accents