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Question 1

Briefly Explain Regional Realism 1855-1900?

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Depicts everyday lives and activities of ordinary people in south. Criticised US society. Regional dialects- mostly south, gave them a voice. Often has accents.

Question 2

Briefly explain Realism?

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Representation of reality, particularly of middle-class life. Often in the countryside.

Question 3

Briefly explain Naturalism?

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Extreme realism, non-middle class focus- dregs of society. Biggest difference from realism was deterministic nature- Darwinism. Often in a city.

Question 4

Briefly explain Social Realism?

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Represents reality of world live in -Social consciousness. It exposed psychological realism of socially elite.

Question 5

Briefly explain Southern Renaissance 1900-1940s?

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Exposed racist southern myths about black inferiority, approached theme of difficult history for black people in south. No longer glorifying the confederates (who ultimately wanted to keep slavery).

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American

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Dream

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New

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Woman

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Jazz

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Age

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Lost

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Generation

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Puritan

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Work Ethic

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Deus

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Abscondi

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Conspicuous

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Consumption

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Wall

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Street Crash 1929

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Migrant

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Experience

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Class

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Divide

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Marginalisation,

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Discrimination, racism, xenophobia, segregation, sexism.

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New

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Vs Old Money

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Dust

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Bowl

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Homestead

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Act

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Family

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Vs New Tech (e.g. traceeers)

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Anti-

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hero

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What issue…

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does the extract explore or expose about AL

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Links to…

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other books, context, similar to…

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How does the

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Writer show… (opening sentence, as passage progresses e.g. isolating journey shown through device…)

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Semantic Fields,

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Repetition, Symbols, AL Themes, Narrative Device (e.g. stream of consciousness).

Question 26

What are the 5 main AL themes?

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American Dream, Community, Journey, The Land and The Frontier, The Hero. (and the past but that’s just one of mine ;-)

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What are the main

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social + cultural factors that influence these writers?

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How does the writers

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depict the (e.g. south), is it the same place for (e.g. Faulkner and Hurston) or do they see it different?

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What assumptions

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or beliefs do these writers challenge?

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How and why does

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the writer convey the importance of time and place in the extract?

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How does the history

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of critical reception of these authors tell us about AL?

Question 32

Briefly explain the Harlem Renaissance 1910-30s?

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Centred in Harlem, Manhattan ,NYC- Black artists, writers and musicians used talents to work for civil rights. Wrote for black reader (never done before) Redefined how African Americans were viewed. key authors - Hurston and Wright- she wanted strong black characters in literature, he wanted too show his political and social ideas.

Question 33

Give some key components of Modernism 1900-1950?

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Stream of consciousness, unreliable narrator, non-chronological, unreliable narrator supplanted omniscient trustworthy narrator of previous centuries.

Question 34

Explain the Lost Generation?

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Post WW1- disillusioned, no sense of purpose following atrocities of the war, went to Paris to write: Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Fitz- free to trash talk US while in Paris.

Question 35

Explain the Jazz age?

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New way of looking at society- carefree, speakeasies, prohibition and flappers.

Question 36

What are some key traits of Hemingway?

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“Economic” way of writing (doesn’t say unnecessary stuff), influenced Fitzgerald who appreciated this style of writing but used more imagist style.

Question 37

Where does the AD come from?

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1776 declaration of independence- equality of “all men”. Set lofty and intangible goals = disappointment and failure. Not the dream that betrayed them but capitalism.

Question 38

What is the difference between Third Person limited and Third Person Omniscient?

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Limited talks mostly about one character, and omniscient knows about all characters and knows everything.

Question 39

Name some Regional Realism Writers?

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Mark Twain, Charles Chestnutt & Kate Chopin.

Question 40

What connected the country post Civil War and what did they want?

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Transcontinental railroad- regions wanted to be heard now they were connected.

Question 41

What is the significance of Huck Finn?

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Perspective of the world from uneducated 14 yr old. Showed others were wrong.

Question 42

What was Charles Chestnutt the First?

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First Significant Black American Writer. (half white half African American.)

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What were Chestnutt’s African Americans vs Twain’s?

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Psychologically complex people.

Question 44

In 1880 what was there a huge influx in?

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Immigrants from Europe- millions, many were Jews.

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What was considered full American?

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Not just white skinned but also no accent or foreign heritage.

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Edith Wharton- what type of writing and what about?

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Social Realism- wrote about women trapped by social forces and not participation in society as they were property.

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What was expected of women and how did they do this?

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To be pretty and an “ornament” of the house- if they couldn’t keep this up alone they needed to marry.

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What were men like in Wharton’s fiction?

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They were similar victims of society not just oppressors of women.

Question 49

Where did modernism come from?

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Lost generation, disillusioned by WW1, new way of writing- spoke truthfully about America.