huck finn test Flashcards
verisimilitude
something in art that looks like the real world, realist authors very passionate abt this, wants plots and ppl to be like actual ppl doing things that would actually happen
agency
the ability to choose to do what you want, very important to realists
realist moment of choice
when main character looks inside self and makes moral choice, like when huck tore up the letter to miss watson
self control and self discipline
valued by realist books
twain books
huck finn, tom sawyer, roughing it, a ct yankee in king arthur’s court
henry james books
the portrait of a lady, the bostonians
william dean howells books
the rise of silas lapham, a modern instance
huck finn trivia
twain started book in 1876, finished in 1883, published in US in 1885
minstrel masks
utilized by black people in the south, they pretended to fit the stereotypes of black ppl to get ahead
stephen crane books
the red badge of courage
frank norris books
the octupus, mcteague
theodore dreiser books
an american tragedy, sister carrie
kate chopin books
the awakening
