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Realism Flashcards

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Purpose of realism

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To depict life with familiar or harsh circumstances

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What was shocking about realism?

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sexual indiscretions

brutality

vulgarity

unredeemed injustice

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What came from realism movement?

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Naturalism

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Why did naturalism and realism develop?

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The horrors of the Civil War

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Naturalism characters

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Sturdier through their relationships to their surroundings

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Naturalism viewpoint

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Objective

Trys to be scientific

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3 Things studied by Naturalism

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studied human beings governed by instincts

character’s passions

the way in which the characters lives were governed by forces of heredity and environment

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Random naturalism characteristics

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personification of nature

animal images/references

sensory images: color, sound

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Themes

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survival, determinision, violence

the brute within each individual

man vs. nature

man vs. himself

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Naturalism setting

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Usually urban

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Is god mentioned in naturalism?

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No

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Overall viewpoint of life in Naturalism

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nothing good happens to you

odds are stacked against you

pessimistic

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Naturalism vs. Realism

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naturalism is extremeley pessimistic realism

naturalism focuses more on the lower classes and cause/effect

naturalism intested in history and science

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14
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Facts about Stephan Crane

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attended Lafayette

known for baseball playing and not writing

became a journalist

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What book made Crane famous?

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The Red Badge of Courage

He didnt make money off of it though

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What inspired Crane to write The Open Boat?

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He sank on the Commodore

He did not die though

17
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Who wrote The Open Boat?

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Stephen Crane

18
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Who wrote An Occurence at Owl Creek?

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Ambrose Bierce

19
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Who wrote Daisy Miller?

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Henry James

20
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Interesting facts on Ambrose Bierce

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He fought in the Civil War

His death is unknown because he moved to Mexico to cover the revolution and disappeared

21
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Henry James facts

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He traveled between the US and Europe frequently (educated in both)

He settled in London

22
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Which book established Henry James as an author to note?

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Daisy Miller

23
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Realism in an Occurence at Owl Creek

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Civil War

Gives gritty details about war

The detailed setting

24
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What is Bierce doing in an Occurence at Owl Creek?

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He is making fun of romantic writers

calling romantic stories stupid and unrealistic

25
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What is ironic about an Occurrence at Owl Creek?

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Hanging from a bridge, since he was burning the bridge as his crime

26
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Stream of Consciousness

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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

27
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What type of story is The Open Boat?

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Naturalism

28
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What is ironic about the Oiler’s death?

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He is the strongest. This is very much an example of naturalism

29
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Who is Daisy Miller inspired by?

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Henry James’s cousin

also inspired by an ignorant American mom who let her daughter go with a Roman

30
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What does Daisy Miller symbolize?

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Daisy Miller=common American name

Daisy is a common American tourist

31
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What does Winterbourne symbolize?

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Winter=cold
bourne=only flows in winter

He is stiff

32
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What do the april daises symbolize?

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new daises that will replace Daisy Miller

33
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What does Randolph Miller symbolize?

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The typical American tourist

34
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What do the Polish boys symbolize?

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Proper education and upbringing

They are a foil to Randolph

35
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What does Eugenion symbolize?

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The relationship between servants and their masters

Represents the American idea of equality

36
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What does the Roman fever symbolize?

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The ill-effects of the sophisicated Europeans and Americans that chastise the Millers

37
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What does the Coliseum symbolize?

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Represented Daisy’s death sentence like the Christians would have gotten from the upper class Romans

38
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Picaresque

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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.

39
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Is Daisy Miller a picaresque?

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Not fully because she is not low-bourne

However, she does represent the corruptions of a too puritanical society

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