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Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion 1850-1914

Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion 1850-1914. Literature of the Civil War and the Frontier. Snapshot of the Period. These years saw great transformation. We went from an agricultural nation to a modern industrial power. This happened in the years leading up to the Civil War.

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Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion 1850-1914

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  1. Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion 1850-1914 Literature of the Civil War and the Frontier

  2. Snapshot of the Period • These years saw great transformation. • We went from an agricultural nation to a modern industrial power. • This happened in the years leading up to the Civil War. • The North and South fought for power. • Each had notable strengths. • When it was all over the North had won, the Union was held, and slavery was abolished. • It was a DEVASTATING cost!

  3. Historical Background (1850-1914) • Prelude to War • Brother Against Brother • Americans Go West • The Frontier Disappears • The Electric Society

  4. Painful Growth and Electric Change • The Civil War left the nation physically, economically, and emotionally devastated. • Riding the railroad, Americans moved West and annihilated the frontier. • The Age of Electricity transformed every day life. Cities, with all their pleasures and problems, expanded rapidly.

  5. What Literary Forms Did Writers Use to Discuss Social and Political Issues During This Period? • Spirituals • Life Stories • Fiction and Journalism

  6. How Did Popular Literature Reflect the Era’s Social and Political Issues? • Rags to Riches • Twists and Turns • The West and the Wizard

  7. How Did Social and Political Issues Lead to Realism and Naturalism? The Common Life Naturalism The belief that forces far more powerful than any individual shaped individuals. Nature, blind fate, heredity and chance determined lives. Theme: Human endurance in the face of overwhelming natural forces pervades. • Writers focused on creating portrayals of real life ordinary people. • They showed characters in a honest and factual way.

  8. What Elements of Physical Environment Affected Northern Writers’ Attitudes? • Industry • Urban Life

  9. How Did Expressions of Place Show Up in Literature? • Local Color • Urban Sophistication

  10. What Literary Elements Contributed to an American Style? • Settings and Plots • Dialogue and Style • Humor

  11. What Roles Did Writers Play in Shaping American Identity? Writer as a Realist Writer as a Naturalist These writers were detached. They were influenced by Darwin, Marx, and Zola. They believed that heredity, environment, and social conditions determined people’s actions. • In the first half of the century Romanticism dominated. • After the horrors of the Civil War there was a rise in a more objective attitude toward the world and human affairs. • Hard fact took more of a role.

  12. At the Dawn of the Twentieth Century, What Did Literature Reveal About American Attitudes? • Pragmatism • Loss of Idealism • Democracy • Science

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