Realism Flashcards
Purpose of realism
To depict life with familiar or harsh circumstances
What was shocking about realism?
sexual indiscretions
brutality
vulgarity
unredeemed injustice
What came from realism movement?
Naturalism
Why did naturalism and realism develop?
The horrors of the Civil War
Naturalism characters
Sturdier through their relationships to their surroundings
Naturalism viewpoint
Objective
Trys to be scientific
3 Things studied by Naturalism
studied human beings governed by instincts
character’s passions
the way in which the characters lives were governed by forces of heredity and environment
Random naturalism characteristics
personification of nature
animal images/references
sensory images: color, sound
Themes
survival, determinision, violence
the brute within each individual
man vs. nature
man vs. himself
Naturalism setting
Usually urban
Is god mentioned in naturalism?
No
Overall viewpoint of life in Naturalism
nothing good happens to you
odds are stacked against you
pessimistic
Naturalism vs. Realism
naturalism is extremeley pessimistic realism
naturalism focuses more on the lower classes and cause/effect
naturalism intested in history and science
Facts about Stephan Crane
attended Lafayette
known for baseball playing and not writing
became a journalist
What book made Crane famous?
The Red Badge of Courage
He didnt make money off of it though
What inspired Crane to write The Open Boat?
He sank on the Commodore
He did not die though
Who wrote The Open Boat?
Stephen Crane
Who wrote An Occurence at Owl Creek?
Ambrose Bierce
Who wrote Daisy Miller?
Henry James
Interesting facts on Ambrose Bierce
He fought in the Civil War
His death is unknown because he moved to Mexico to cover the revolution and disappeared
Henry James facts
He traveled between the US and Europe frequently (educated in both)
He settled in London
Which book established Henry James as an author to note?
Daisy Miller
Realism in an Occurence at Owl Creek
Civil War
Gives gritty details about war
The detailed setting
What is Bierce doing in an Occurence at Owl Creek?
He is making fun of romantic writers
calling romantic stories stupid and unrealistic
What is ironic about an Occurrence at Owl Creek?
Hanging from a bridge, since he was burning the bridge as his crime
Stream of Consciousness
getting characters thoughts and style with a realistic tone
it feels like you are in the head of a character
fragments of random disconnected thoughts
What type of story is The Open Boat?
Naturalism
What is ironic about the Oiler’s death?
He is the strongest. This is very much an example of naturalism
Who is Daisy Miller inspired by?
Henry James’s cousin
also inspired by an ignorant American mom who let her daughter go with a Roman
What does Daisy Miller symbolize?
Daisy Miller=common American name
Daisy is a common American tourist
What does Winterbourne symbolize?
Winter=cold
bourne=only flows in winter
He is stiff
What do the april daises symbolize?
new daises that will replace Daisy Miller
What does Randolph Miller symbolize?
The typical American tourist
What do the Polish boys symbolize?
Proper education and upbringing
They are a foil to Randolph
What does Eugenion symbolize?
The relationship between servants and their masters
Represents the American idea of equality
What does the Roman fever symbolize?
The ill-effects of the sophisicated Europeans and Americans that chastise the Millers
What does the Coliseum symbolize?
Represented Daisy’s death sentence like the Christians would have gotten from the upper class Romans
Picaresque
It has a low-born adventurer who would rather live by wits than honorable work
Adventures among people of all social classes, often barely escaping punishment
Irony or Satire: corruptions of society, while also offering the reader a rich mine of observations concerning people in low or humble works of life.
Is Daisy Miller a picaresque?
Not fully because she is not low-bourne
However, she does represent the corruptions of a too puritanical society
