American Realism Flashcards
Where do concepts from the American Realism movement come from?
date book to the early 1800’s in France
What movement does this literary time period follow?
Follows Trans. Reaction to Romantic Movement
Who are the two most influential writer so this movement?
Twain and Henry
What are 5 of the six characteristics of realism?
- Characters are more important in the plot
- Events are usually plausible
- Objectivity is very important
- Dictation is natural and common
- Concentration is on the middle class
- Relativity is followed closely and detailed
Was a Civil War soldier
Bierce
Born Samuel Langhorn Clemons
Mark Twain
Is best known for “Portrait of a Lady”
James
Disappeared in Mexico
Bierce
Wrote “Celebration Jumping Frog of Calavarous County”
Twain
Wrote “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
Bierce
Wrote the “Ambassador”
James
Was cited for bravery as a soldier 15 times
Bierce
Worked as steamboat captain
Twain
Who wrote Life on the Mississippi
Twain
“Life on the Mississippi” summarize the plot for this story in 3 or less sentences
Twain inspires to be a steamboats men when he was a boy, as did all his friends
“Life on the Mississippi” what was the extended metaphor for this story
Comparing the river to a book
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” what does Bierce use to establish this setting?
Imagery
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” how is this a true story of the Realism Movement
Plausibility, concentration on middle class, focus on character
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” where does Bierce find his knowledge about war?
From his own experience
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” describe the 3 parts of the story
I–> Describes process leading up to execution
II–> gives backstory
III–> his “escape” and death
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” what are some clues to what is truly happening to Farquar?
The small probability of him escaping, the vague-ness of some parts, unrealistic, hands going numb and face being hot
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” what is unique about the 3rd section
It has the most words and details
The advantage point in which a story is written or told
Point of View
POV where the narrator knows everything about the characters
Omniscient POV
POV where the narrator reports without comment
Objective POV
Where the narrator zooms in on only one character
Third Person Limited
Scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story
Flashback
Clue to what is going to happen later
Foreshadowing
Define American Realism
an attempt to represent everyday people and situations accurately without embellishment
