Common American literary conventions Flashcards
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Realism conventions are:
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- dark subject matters in response to the civil war
- the accurate and detailed brutal portrayal of life and ordinary people
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Modernist conventions are:
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- subject matter relating to the disillusionment of WW1
- writers were forced to question the norms they have been taught
- attacks on hierarchy
3
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modernist narrative conventions:
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- experimenting with new narratives
- alternative viewpoints
4
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what were the two sub-genres of the modernist period?
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The Harlem renaissance and the lost generation
5
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what were the conventions of naturalism?
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- everyday speech forms
- no exotic placing or storyline
- simple everyday tales told by ordinary people
6
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What was naturalism based upon?
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- Darwins theory
- it was in response to scientific findings- suggesting that all human nature is in response so another scientific factor
7
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Naturalism and charachters
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a sense of detachment from the character
8
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Naturalism often had…. endings
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unhappy
9
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Naturalist novels were heavily interested in the social…
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….environment- they explored how your social environment determined how one acted
eg- racism lead to coloured people acting with a constant fear
