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LIT. PERIODS
1607–1820
Early American Lit.
1607-1820
1820–1865
American Romanticism
1820-1865
1865–1914
American Realism & Naturalism 1865-1914
1914-1945
Modern American Lit.
1914-1945
1945-Present
Contemporary American Lit.
1945-Present
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American Realism &
Naturalism1865-1914
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What is Realism?
A style & type of writing where writers sought to portray life as it really was...
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Real characters,
real lives,
real jobs,
real problems
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Romanticism = imaginative, positive, emotional
Romanticism reflected the spirit of optimism (overall)
But times were a'changing...
Realism was a reaction to and a rejection of Romanticism
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New Forces Changing American Society
“Dark days of Reconstruction” (post Civil War)
Industrialism
Growing population in the West
Western Frontier becoming more civilized
Cities grow & expand (Fewer living on the frontier)
Greater divide between rich and poor
Literate working class
Charles Darwin
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Realism & Naturalism:Literary Groups
1. Regionalists- Located their fiction and poetry in a specific
geographical section of the country
2. Realists- Down-to-earth, matter-of-fact depiction of everyday life
3. Naturalists- portray life as controlled by forces that no one can
change or even understand (heavily influenced by
Darwin)
4. Anti-Naturalists- tried to maintain traditional social, literary, or
religious values in their writing (optimism rather
than fatalistic)
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Emily DickinsonAmerican poet1830-1886
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Mark TwainAmerican author and humorist
Pay attention to the
following when annotating
Twain:
SATIRE
LOCAL COLOR
REGIONALISM
Mark Twain Video