REALISM, NATURALISM, REGIONALISM,

IMPRESSIONISMJust the beginning!

In Between

Walt WhitmanO 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! heart! 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 ourselvesAnd Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put awayMy labor, and my leisure too,For his civility.

We passed the school, where children stroveAt 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