Week 11 Flashcards
Realism
Literary ~~~ is a literary movement that portrays mundane, everyday experiences as they are in life. It depicts familiar people, places, and stories, primarily about the middle and lower classes of society. Literary ~~~ seeks to tell a story as truthfully as possible instead of dramatizing or romanticizing it.The ~~~ of the nineteenth century was a dramatic shift from the exotic and poetic Romanticism that dominated the art world in the decades prior. ~~~ introduced a new way of writing and a new generation of authors whose influence can still be seen in American literature and English literature to this day.
(Definition retrieved and lightly modified from masterclass.com)
Realism
~~~ (born January 12, 1876, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died November 22, 1916, Glen Ellen, California) was an American realist author (writing mainly novels and short stories) whose best-known works—among them The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906)—depict elemental struggles for survival. During the 20th century, he was one of the most extensively translated of American authors. His 1908 short story “To Build a Fire” depicts a young man trekking through the harsh wilderness of the Yukon Territory during the gold-rush era; the story is a frequently anthologized example of naturalism (a sub-genre of realism).
Jack London
~~~ (born February 1818, Talbot county, Maryland, U.S.—died February 20, 1895, Washington, D.C.) was an African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of ~~~, an American Slave, Written by Himself. ~~~ became the first Black U.S. marshal and was the most photographed American man of the 19th century. He helped to transform American society by using realism and powerful rhetoric to describe in full detail the truth of American slavery, thereby helping to turn the tide of the Civil War.
Frederick Douglass
~~~ (born Nov. 1, 1871, Newark, N.J., U.S.—died June 5, 1900, Badenweiler, Baden, Ger.) was one of America’s preeminent writers of realism literature. He is often credited with being one of the pioneers of naturalism (a sub-genre of realism). The focus of much of his writings was on capturing the human condition. His works include The Red Badge of Courage and the self-published novel Maggie: Girl of the Streets. He was also a distinguished short-story writer, most notably for “The Blue Hotel” and “The Open Boat.” His 1895 short story “A Mystery of Heroism,” which depicts a young man crossing a raging battlefield in order to fetch a drink of water from a well, explores the complexities of bravery in the midst of war.
Stephen Crane
Refers to the perspective from which a story is narrated/told.
The story can be from the first ~~~ (“I saw…”)
or the third person ~~~ (“he saw…”),
or, less commonly, the second person ~~~ (“you saw…”).
point of view
A type of narrative point of view in which the narrator is “all-seeing” and “all-knowing,” i.e. the narrator may occasionally access the consciousness of a few or many different characters.
third-person omniscient
A type of narrative point of view that follows the protagonist through the events of the plot and allows the reader to experience it alongside them. Unlike some other third-person narrative styles, this PoV doesn’t let the reader into everything that’s happening in the story—just what they can see and experience through the main viewpoint character.
third-person limited
(noun) A very intense and uncontrolled fire.
Sentence from text: “In the air was an odor as from a ~~~.”
Additional example sentence: “I myself observed the licking flames of the ~~~.”
conflagration
(adjective) Threatening; menacing; indicating evil intent.
Sentence from text: “At this ~~~ threat his comrades broke into renewed jeers.”
Additional example sentence: “There were ~~~ dark clouds gathering ahead.”
ominous
(adjective) Agreeable, conducive to comfort; friendly; cheerful.
Sentence from text: “The two ~~~, skylarking young lieutenants were the first to gain possession of it.”
Additional example sentence: “Bob was always ~~~ and welcoming; he was a warm-hearted friend and host.”
genial
(noun) seriousness, earnestness, dignified seriousness
Sentence from text: “He told me, with great ~~~, I must go back to Covey.”
Additional example sentence: “His ashes were laid to rest with great ~~~.”
solemnity
(adjective) Hard to pin down or identify; difficult to define; vague.
Sentence from text: “It was a clear day, and yet there seemed a(n) ~~~ pall over the face of things.”
Additional example sentence: “It’s something ~~~ that you know is wrong but can’t really define.”
intangible
(noun) Fearful expectation or anticipation; anxious or frightened feeling; dread.
Sentence from text: “[The dog] experienced a vague but menacing ~~~ that subdued it and made it slink along at the man’s heels.”
Additional example sentence: “I tensed every muscle in my body in ~~~.”
apprehension
Realism
Literary ~~~ is a literary movement that portrays mundane, everyday experiences as they are in life. It depicts familiar people, places, and stories, primarily about the middle and lower classes of society. Literary ~~~ seeks to tell a story as truthfully as possible instead of dramatizing or romanticizing it.The ~~~ of the nineteenth century was a dramatic shift from the exotic and poetic Romanticism that dominated the art world in the decades prior. ~~~ introduced a new way of writing and a new generation of authors whose influence can still be seen in American literature and English literature to this day.
(Definition retrieved and lightly modified from masterclass.com)
Jack London
~~~ (born January 12, 1876, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died November 22, 1916, Glen Ellen, California) was an American realist author (writing mainly novels and short stories) whose best-known works—among them The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906)—depict elemental struggles for survival. During the 20th century, he was one of the most extensively translated of American authors. His 1908 short story “To Build a Fire” depicts a young man trekking through the harsh wilderness of the Yukon Territory during the gold-rush era; the story is a frequently anthologized example of naturalism (a sub-genre of realism).
