PPT-American Literature Realism and Naturalism

18501914 Realism n The art of depicting nature as it is seen by toads The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole or a story written by a measuringworm Ambrose Bierce The Devils Dictionary. ENGL 3370: Modern American Poetry. Realism and Naturalism. ENGL 3370: Modern American Poetry. ENGL 3370: Modern American Poetry. A Man Said to the Universe. A man said to the universe: . "Sir I exist!" . Naturalism is an outgrowth . of . realism.. Naturalistic writers were influenced by the evolution theory of Charles . Darwin’s Origin of the Species and his ideas about evolution and the . survival of the . U. sing membership in a racial group as a qualification. B. asing decisions on ethnicity/race. to increase organizational effectiveness (read: profits). Term Used by John D. Skrentny (2013). After Civil Rights. Cloze. W___________ painted the free and nonchalant . l’I. ______________.. The R________ artists depict the a___________ class in f___________ activities, such as F___________’s T____ S_________, commissioned by Madame du B________.. Shaw and British Social Realism. Dividing the Text: . Units/Bits + Objectives/Tasks. Was the exercise useful? Why? (or why not?). Did you learn anything new about the character or that particular scene?. Understanding . Hero . (2002). . and . Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon . (2000). Magical Realism. Definition: aesthetic style or genre of fiction in which magical elements blend with the real world. The “real” and the “fantastic” are blended together. Good Morning! 1/11/2016. Turn-in:.  . Take . out: . Romanticism homework, journal, writing utensil. Fast Five:. . Work on page 878!. Homework. :.  . Poetry characteristic identification, individual book assignment (1/19/16). Just the beginning!. In Between. Walt . Whitman. O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, . The ship has . weather’d. every rack, the prize we sought is won, . The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, . https://www.scribd.com/document/142971698/1982-Realism-Michael-Dummett. . Realism (concerning X) construed as a semantical thesis: it is a certain interpretation of a class of statements (the statements about X – the given class).. Naturalism means belief in nature. It advocates return to Nature.. According to W.E. Hocking, “Naturalism is a type of metaphysics which takes . Nature as the whole of reality”.. The philosophy of Naturalism excludes whatever is . The writers and their stories. Defining the Literary Period. Realism. : attempts to portray life as it is, without romantic idealism. . Characters are ordinary people in ordinary situations. Focused on lower and middle class characters. Native American Literature Native American Literature: Cultural Diversity At time of Columbus, 350 distinct languages existed in North America Thousands of distinct cultural groups existed as well. BAZIN AND TARKOVSKY. PHL 317K. Spring 2018. CLASSICAL FILM THEORY. 1898 – . 1948. Sergei . Eisenstein . Rudolf . Arnheim. 1904 – . 2007. 1918 – . 1958. Andrei . Bazin. Andrei . Tarkovsky. 1932 . Naturalism . A branch of REALISM that attempts to represent the subjects without artificiality, avoiding artistic conventions as well as incredible, exotic and supernatural elements. It aims to reproduce reality in an objective, almost documentary way, exposing both the most sublime and beautiful, as well as the most vulgar and obscure.