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Realism

Realism. American Literature Mrs. Sikora. I. Aspects of Realism. A. ______________________ : "the faithful representation of reality"

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Realism

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  1. Realism American Literature Mrs. Sikora

  2. I. Aspects of Realism A. ______________________: "the faithful representation of reality" B. A literary technique that denotes a particular kind of subject matter, especially the______________________________(For example: Huck in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.) C. A __________________________

  3. II. Characteristics of Realism A. Renders __________closely and in comprehensive detail. B. ______________is more important than action and plot; complex ethical choices are often the subject. C. Characters appear in their real complexity of temperament and motive; they are in explicable relation to nature, to each other, to their social class, to their own past. D. Class is important; the novel has traditionally served the interests and aspirations of an insurgent ______________________________ E. Events will usually be ______________. Realistic novels avoid the sensational, dramatic elements of naturalistic novels and romances. F. Diction is natural _______________, not heightened or poetic; tone may be comic, satiric, or matter-of-fact.

  4. III. Realism Dates and AOHF A. Realism broadly encompassed literature between ______________________________ B. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (AOHF) was published in 1884. C. Representative of ________________ Realism or Vernacular (language) (For example: Jim) D. AOHF is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the _______________________. By satirizing Southern antebellum society that was already a quarter-century in the past by the time of publication, the book is an often scathing look at ___________________________________________.

  5. IV. Realism and Mark Twain A. Born in a small Missouri town on the Mississippi River, Mark Twain vividly evoked the world of that river in a series of works. B. Twain presented a piercing view of American society in the pre-Civil War era and revealed the __________________________. C. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he transformed our literature by a novel in which the setting, subject matter, characters, and style were unmistakably _____________________.

  6. V. Dialect in Realism A. _______________ is a variation of language spoken by a particular group, often within a specific region and time. B. Dialect was used in Realism to portray more _________________characters, and was made popular in writing by Twain.

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