REALISM REALISM 1865 1900 A movement that was

REALISM

REALISM (1865 -1900) • A movement that was born out of the harsh reality of the Civil War • After the Civil War, Americans moved to a focus on real, everyday events. Newspapers and first hand accounts became popular. • Americans wanted to read clear language that they could connect to as opposed to the philosophical language of Romanticism

REALISM – ASPECTS OF WRITING • Writing began to reflect the reality of a place – it used the local dialect and accent (local color), and the setting was portrayed in detail (Regionalism) • Stories also used real, everyday characters that reflected the realities of life. • Since life was hard in the expanding frontiers of America, these stories reflected a pessimism or darker vision of humanity. • These stories also used intense DETAIL to “paint” as real a picture as possible for the audience. • Writing and Art during the period of Realism sought to depict or describe the 5 senses to give the audience a sense of place.

REALISM TO NATURALISM • Realism gave birth to a minor or offshoot movement known as Naturalism. • Naturalism was a much more extreme version of Realism and focused on the destructive aspects of environment and heredity. • Naturalism moved pessimism to fatalism. Stories from this movement never have a good ending with the characters often suffering from the horrible realities of their environments.

ART OF ROMANTICISM

ART OF REALISM

UNIT VOCAB Regionalis m: Reflects a specific region Local Color: Using the local dialect and accent of a place Realism: A literary movement that focus on realityreal events, real people Naturalism: extreme form of realism Pessimism: Negative outlook on life Analyze: To examine, to dissect, to categorize

MORNING!! • Phones away

JOURNAL #26: PUT PHONES AWAY • Do you believe that you are sometimes capable of acting in a completely unselfish way towards strangers-even sacrificing yourself for the good of others? Explain. If you have an example provide it. • Don’t forget 5 -7 sentences

OUTCASTES OF POKER FLAT (476) • Meet Bret Harte • Co-founded the weekly Californian and hired Mark Twain • One of the most widely read writers in the US • Also the best paid • Readers wanted to learn about the Wild West and Harte gave them stories they wanted

CHARACTERS BEING OUTCASTED • John Oakhurst • The Duchess • Mother Shipton • Uncle Billy • Tom Simson (the Innocent) • Piney Woodsj

JOURNAL #27: • Write the ENTIRE sentence and add your vocab word. THEN underline the context clues • Michael was a(n) __________ at the piano by the age of 13 and was invited to study at the Berklee School of Music. • We studied for four straight hours and then decided to take a(n) ___________ to get some fresh air and coffee. • The town was shocked that someone had chosen to ___________ such a holy and cherished place.

WHAT I NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR WHILE READING • How does Poker Flat demonstrate these characteristics? • Sense of place • Authentic, local color language (slang or dialect of a particular place) • Common everyday characters • Everyday events

AFTERNOON! • Phones away • Look on the board for the characteristics of Realismbe ready to provide an example for each of these 4 elements • Open up your textbook and get out your Poker Flat questions

IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING PICTURES WITH YOUR VOCABULARY WORDS. THEN, CREATE SENTENCES THAT USE THE PICTURE. SENTENCES MUST BE IN CONTEXT Vocab quiz tomorrow!

VOCAB REVIEW • A stranger bumps into you, later you check your pocket. The note that was slipped inside sends you on a journey you never expected. • Five from this unit • 3 from ANY other unit