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Realism and Satire

Realism and Satire. More Background to Help You Understand Twain’s Works. Verisimilitude: the faithful representation of reality Reaction against Romanticism and sentimentality

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Realism and Satire

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  1. Realism and Satire More Background to Help You Understand Twain’s Works

  2. Verisimilitude: the faithful representation of reality • Reaction against Romanticism and sentimentality • “…realists center their attention to a remarkable degree on the immediate, the here and now, the specific action, and the verifiable consequence” (Harmon & Holman, A Handbook to Literature) Realism

  3. Presents reality in specific detail • Uses language of people and places • Dialect: a variety of language distinguished from other forms of the same language by grammar, spelling, and vocabulary • Vernacular: plain, everyday language used by ordinary people • Character is more important than plot • Ethical dilemmas often explored • Typically focused on the middle class • Avoid the sensational or overly dramatic Characteristics of Realist Works

  4. A literary genre / technique that exposes folly, vice, and shortcomings, typically through the use of humor or irony like sarcasm • Types • Horatian and Juvenalian • Differ in the intensity of their ridicule • Juvenalian is more severe, typically denouncing human evils over folly • Not to be confused with parody—mockery by an imitation of the actual subject (Think SNL) Satire

  5. Read and annotate the text. • What is Twain satirizing in this piece? • How is his satire still relevant today? War Prayer

  6. Find a passage from Huck Finn that uses satire • Determine what flaw in humanity or institution Twain is criticizing • Construct a 1-page typed response making Twain’s satire relevant by connecting it to a modern example of a similar problem. • Use a source for your modern connection and cite in MLA format Your Turn

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