American Literature Realism and Naturalism (1850-1914) Realism, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seen by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm. --Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary (1911) Literary Movements The writing ...
American_Realism_美国现实主义文学.ppt,American Realism: 1865-1910 In American literature, the term realism encompasses the period of time from the Civil War to the turn of the century during which William Dean Howells, Henry James, Mark Twain, and others
American-Realism-(PPT)TableofContentsRevisionRealismWilliamDeanHowellsMarkTwainHenryJames 2020/12/15 TheOutlineofAmericanLiterature IColonialPeriod(1607—1765)IIRevolutionaryPeriod(1765—1800)IIITheAgeofRomanticism(1800—1865)IVTheAgeofRealism(1865—1918)VAmericanModernism(1918—1945)VIContemporaryLiterature(1945...
Lit. Beginning of American Literature: 1607-1776 Colonial Period 1765-1790 The Revolutionary Age 1775-1828 The Early National Period 2. Romanticism, Transcendentalism 1828-1865 The Romantic Period (Also known as: TheAmerican Renaissance) The Age of Transcendentalism 1865-1900 3. Realism, Naturalism ...
Realism1Key Points for the EraAmerican realism: its major features;Local colorism: its major features, the local colorists’ main concern and style;Dickinson: The style & subjects of her poetry; Similarities & Differences
andsocialobserver.TwainisunsurpassedinAmericanliterature.HisnovelTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,amasterpieceofhumor,characterization,andrealism,hasbeencalledthefirst(andsometimesthebest)modernAmericannovel.▪Afterthedeathofhisfatherin1847,youngClemenswasapprenticedtoaprinterinHannibal,Mo.,theMississippiRivertownwherehe...
Realism •Inliterature,faithfulrepresentationoflife.Realismcarriestheconvictionoftruereportsofphenomenaobservablebyothers.ItmaybecontrastedwithROMANTICISM,IMPRESSIONISM,andEXPRESSIONISM,whicharelesstruetoexternalphenomena,althougheachcarriesitsownkindoftruth.•Realismisaslippery(difficulttounderstand)term,sometimesusedtoo...
B.AmericanRealism InAmericanliterature,theterm"realism"encompassestheperiodoftimefromtheCivilWartotheturnofthecenturyduringwhichWilliamDeanHowells,RebeccaHardingDavis,HenryJames,MarkTwain,andotherswrotefictiondevotedtoaccuraterepresentationandanexplorationofAmericanlivesinvariouscontexts.C.TheCharacteristicsofAmericanRealism...
VIII. The Outline of American literature 1. The literature of colonial America 2. The literature of Reason and Revolution 3. The literature of Romanticism 4. The literature of Realism Recommended Readings Benjamin?Franklin??The?Autobiography? Washington?Irving??The?Legend?of?Sleepy?Hollow? 《睡谷...
7.Anewwave12.DepressionRealismandEscapism 13.the"BeatGeneration“14.NewAmericanVoices 2 Literatureofthe18thCentury PoorRichard'sAlmanack《穷查理年鉴》TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklin《富兰克林自传》—addressedtoFranklin'sillegitimatesonWilliam BenjaminFranklin 3 (1706-1790)1.EarlyFiction/AmericanRomanticism/Early...