| Term | Definition |
|---|
| observant; honestly | A realist has to be acutely ________ and deal _______ with his/her characters |
| commonplace | A realist writer has to find meaning and entertaining elements in the ____________ |
| defined; fate | Naturalist did have their universe defined and did not question _______ |
| Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) | an author who used local color and regionalism |
| Frank Norris | An author who realistically pictured California at the turn of the century. |
| Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) | Who wrote "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County |
| regionalism | Local color is part of _____________ |
| specific geographic areas | Regionalism in literature is the tendency among certain authors to write about _________________ |
| Kate Chopin | Who wrote "The Awakening"? |
| dialect | What is part local color |
| Regionalism | This is the use in literary work of characters and details unique to a particular area. This can only be created by dialect and customs. |
| environment, heredity, and chance | What did the Naturalists believe that a person's fate was controlled by what? |
| Romanticism , Civil War | Realism emerged as a reaction against ___________ after being disillusioned by __________ |
| Emile Zola | Who originated the philosophy of Naturalism? |
| strength and dignity in the face of struggle | Characters in naturalist works usually conduct themselves with what? |
| William Dean Howells | Who was the leading realist author during this era? |
| It was the verbal "call" made announcing safety in steamboat travel | How did Samuel Langhorne Clemens' pen name originate? |
| stream of consciousness | What is the name of the technique where the reader observes thoughts of the character, directly as coming from his/her mind? |
| limited | name of the point of view that is third person, but only reveals the thoughts and feelings of only one character? |
| situational | type of irony used when Mrs. Mallard suddenly dies |
| dramatic | type of irony used when we know Mrs. Mallard feels freedom and he characters have no idea of her revelation. |
| boyhood experiences | What is Twain's source of inspiration for his work |
| feminism or Louisiana | Kate Chopin's theme of choice that runs through many of her works |
| Ambrose Beirce | This author was last seen in Mexico, and still today his death remains a mystery |
| Puritanism Plain Style, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Naturalism, Realism | What are the 5 eras studied so far in LA 11? |
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