Regional Literature - Realism Flashcards

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realism

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  • sought to portray life as it was really lived
  • emphasis on themes, characters, customs, and settings of a particular graphic region
  • prominent around 1900
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the time period following the civil war is often called the gilded age because

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things looked good on the outside but weren’t very good underneath

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there was a conflict that arose after the civil war between

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those who wanted things to be as they were before the War and those who wanted change

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which was not a concern to the regionalist writers after the civil war?

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advancement of technology

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the “gilding” or good, exterior of the gilded age after the civil war came from

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technological advancement of the industrial revolution

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regional writing is characterized by

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everyday settings and everyday speech

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by the early 1900’s the leading industrial nation

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the US

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regionalist writers created a picture of a particular region of the country through

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regional dialect/regional settings

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