REALISM NATURALISM REGIONALISM IMPRESSIONISM Just the beginning In

REALISM, NATURALISM, REGIONALISM, IMPRESSIONISM Just the beginning!

In Between � Walt Whitman O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.

In Between � Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school, where children strove At recess, in the ring; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun.

Realism (1855 - ? ? ? )

Realism � � � Focused on depicting the realities of life Reaction to the fantasy of the romantics. Opposes Idealism. Influenced by the effects of the Civil War

Realism Continued � � � In the US there was a rise in technology (railroad, typewriter, telephone, light bulb, cars) Increase in Materialism (Twain called it the “Gilded Age” or the golden age) Writing focused on � Characters: ordinary people, ordinary experiences � Message was important � Writing for entertainment or instruction

Naturalism (1880’s – 1940’s)

Naturalism Emile’s Zola stated: the ideal of the naturalist is to use a selection of truthful instances subjected to laboratory conditions in a novel where the hypotheses of the author about nature and operation of the forces at work, can be put to the test.

Naturalism � � � Influenced by science: Darwin, Newton, etc. Everything is a reaction to something else Determinism: all events are caused by things that happened before them and that people have no real ability to make choices or control what happens. Humans nature: struggle against natural forces Strives to show life under a microscope, but in an objective way.

Regionalism (1880 -1910)

Regionalism � � � Realism specific to a designated area: habits, speech, manners, history, folklore, beliefs. Represented dialect, mannerism, speech, customs, character, etc. Test of regionalism: it can not be placed in another area. Influenced by the after-effects of the Civil War. Westward expansion and railroad connecting the country

Regionalism DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL CHARACTER TYPES � � � Western Miner Cowboy Southern Plantation owner Southern country bumpkin Saloon Girl

Impressionism (1895 -1925)

Impressionism

Impressionism � � � In art: was a revolt against traditional technique the author (or artist) presents materials as they appear to an individual temperament at a precise moment and from particular vantage point rather than as they are presumed to be in reality. Artists and authors are impressed by the object (event) rather than by trying to represent the exact detail of it.

Homework � � Read pages 408 -422 in textbook and take notes. Youtube video’s : � Laurie Harmon � Archetype Video #1 & #2