Unseen Extract Flashcards
Briefly Explain Regional Realism 1855-1900?
Depicts everyday lives and activities of ordinary people in south. Criticised US society. Regional dialects- mostly south, gave them a voice. Often has accents.
Briefly explain Realism?
Representation of reality, particularly of middle-class life. Often in the countryside.
Briefly explain Naturalism?
Extreme realism, non-middle class focus- dregs of society. Biggest difference from realism was deterministic nature- Darwinism. Often in a city.
Briefly explain Social Realism?
Represents reality of world live in -Social consciousness. It exposed psychological realism of socially elite.
Briefly explain Southern Renaissance 1900-1940s?
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).
American
Dream
New
Woman
Jazz
Age
Lost
Generation
Puritan
Work Ethic
Deus
Abscondi
Conspicuous
Consumption
Wall
Street Crash 1929
Migrant
Experience
Class
Divide
Marginalisation,
Discrimination, racism, xenophobia, segregation, sexism.
New
Vs Old Money
Dust
Bowl
Homestead
Act
Family
Vs New Tech (e.g. traceeers)
Anti-
hero
What issue…
does the extract explore or expose about AL
Links to…
other books, context, similar to…
How does the
Writer show… (opening sentence, as passage progresses e.g. isolating journey shown through device…)
Semantic Fields,
Repetition, Symbols, AL Themes, Narrative Device (e.g. stream of consciousness).
What are the 5 main AL themes?
American Dream, Community, Journey, The Land and The Frontier, The Hero. (and the past but that’s just one of mine ;-)
What are the main
social + cultural factors that influence these writers?
How does the writers
depict the (e.g. south), is it the same place for (e.g. Faulkner and Hurston) or do they see it different?
What assumptions
or beliefs do these writers challenge?
How and why does
the writer convey the importance of time and place in the extract?
How does the history
of critical reception of these authors tell us about AL?
Briefly explain the Harlem Renaissance 1910-30s?
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.
Give some key components of Modernism 1900-1950?
Stream of consciousness, unreliable narrator, non-chronological, unreliable narrator supplanted omniscient trustworthy narrator of previous centuries.
Explain the Lost Generation?
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.
Explain the Jazz age?
New way of looking at society- carefree, speakeasies, prohibition and flappers.
What are some key traits of Hemingway?
“Economic” way of writing (doesn’t say unnecessary stuff), influenced Fitzgerald who appreciated this style of writing but used more imagist style.
Where does the AD come from?
1776 declaration of independence- equality of “all men”. Set lofty and intangible goals = disappointment and failure. Not the dream that betrayed them but capitalism.
What is the difference between Third Person limited and Third Person Omniscient?
Limited talks mostly about one character, and omniscient knows about all characters and knows everything.
Name some Regional Realism Writers?
Mark Twain, Charles Chestnutt & Kate Chopin.
What connected the country post Civil War and what did they want?
Transcontinental railroad- regions wanted to be heard now they were connected.
What is the significance of Huck Finn?
Perspective of the world from uneducated 14 yr old. Showed others were wrong.
What was Charles Chestnutt the First?
First Significant Black American Writer. (half white half African American.)
What were Chestnutt’s African Americans vs Twain’s?
Psychologically complex people.
In 1880 what was there a huge influx in?
Immigrants from Europe- millions, many were Jews.
What was considered full American?
Not just white skinned but also no accent or foreign heritage.
Edith Wharton- what type of writing and what about?
Social Realism- wrote about women trapped by social forces and not participation in society as they were property.
What was expected of women and how did they do this?
To be pretty and an “ornament” of the house- if they couldn’t keep this up alone they needed to marry.
What were men like in Wharton’s fiction?
They were similar victims of society not just oppressors of women.
Where did modernism come from?
Lost generation, disillusioned by WW1, new way of writing- spoke truthfully about America.
