AP English I Shelley Kratzer, Deanna Rousseau, Shanna Desrochers, Victoria Podsiadlo Kayla Ingram, Jackie Purcell American Realism

Time In History Increased European immigration Reconstruction Urbanization Industrialization New technology

Vocabulary Detailed Truthful Simple Straightforward Precise Regionalisms Lively Relatable Sporadic Matter of fact Uncommon Dialect

Literature Characteristics Explores every day conflicts Focus on middle and lower classes Includes regionalisms and dialogues Tone was often satiric or matter-of-fact Characters more important than the plot Authors Include Kate Chopin William Dean Howells Mark Twain Edith Wharton Hamlin Garland

Mark Twain Born November 30, 1835 Died April 21, 1910 Incorporate satire into much of his work Most famous for his works Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) and Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1876) Also wrote many essays including “On the Decay of the Art of Lying” (1885)

Tone: mocking, sarcastic, prejudiced, ignorant A lot of dialect Rhetorical questions Satire Long syntax Repetition of “government”, “voting” and “nigger” Shows relationship between a black man and a white boy The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Kate Chopin February 8, August 22, 1904 She was bilingual: French and English Her first novel was At Fault and it was published in Work focuses on the traditional women’s role in society and marriage. Influenced by French culture

“Desiree’s Baby” Chopin uses simple diction and complex sentences Similes Third person point of view Parallel Construction Irony Regional Dialect Explores conflicts between husband and wife

Realistic Art People in natural environments Main focus of works are the people Concrete subjects Subtle coloration Non abstract Little embellishment or change

Madame X by John Singer Sargent (1887) Cliff Dwellers by George Bellows (1910)

Young Girls Playing Checkers by Francis Coates Jones (1902) La Toilette by Mary Cassatt (1891)

The Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins (1875)

Realistic music Upbeat, broken ( syncopated) notes Repeated refrains Rag time, marches, opera, and blues music Tones ranged from soft (mezzo-piano) to loud (mezzo-forte) Usually unaccompanied by a singer Piano Trumpet Saxophone Little percussion

W.C. Handy November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958 Made blues, a regional type of music, into an American staple Broken, or, syncopated beats Infused folk music and blues into famous works “St. Louis Blues”