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American Realism

American Realism. 1865-1918. AP English I Shelley Kratzer , Deanna Rousseau, Shanna Desrochers , Victoria Podsiadlo Kayla Ingram, Jackie Purcell. Time In History. Increased European immigration Reconstruction Urbanization Industrialization New technology. Vocabulary. Detailed

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American Realism

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  1. American Realism 1865-1918 AP English I Shelley Kratzer, Deanna Rousseau, Shanna Desrochers, Victoria Podsiadlo Kayla Ingram, Jackie Purcell

  2. Time In History • Increased European immigration • Reconstruction • Urbanization • Industrialization • New technology

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

  4. 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

  5. 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)

  6. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • 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

  7. Kate Chopin • February 8, 1850- August 22, 1904 • She was bilingual: French and English • Her first novel was At Fault and it was published in 1889. • Work focuses on the traditional women’s role in society and marriage. • Influenced by French culture

  8. “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

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

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

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

  12. The Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins (1875)

  13. 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

  14. 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”

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