12. Realism and naturalism in american literature, the civil war, history of slavery and abolitionism, reconstruction

what is a work by stephen crane?

maggie, a girl of the streets

slavery was common in America, did they have any rights? were they sold?

no rights, were sold on slave markets (jamestown)

what is missouri compromise 1820?

it balanced the number of slavery and non-slavery states in union (11+11), slavery still legal

were slaves count as full ppl?

only as 3/5

what is fugitive slave act 1850?

slaves had to be brought back to their owners if they ran away

what was civil war?

the response to an elected abolitionist abraham lincoln

what did he want?

to free slaves

he abolsihed slavery in union, with his what?

emancipation proclamation

when was amendment 13 added and what does it do?

it was added later after his assassination, it abolished slavery

what is amendment 14?

gives afro-americans rights and citizenship, right for life and liberty and property

what was the gilded age?

age of extremes (poor and rich)

what does realism stress and show?

stresses life as it is, shows ordinary life

what is the main theme of realism?

local colour

what is local colour

concetrates on particular religon, tradition, culture, people, dialect, folklore

major themes of realism?

slavery, american dream, position of women

name two authors of realism

mark twain

kate chopin

what do you know about mark twain, what did he write

he focused on local colour for example in the adventures of hucklebery finn...

what did kate chopin mainly write?

in afro-american

what is a work by her?

the story of an hour

what is the major theme of naturalism?

failure of american dream, low class, no freedom of choice

what does it depict?

extremes, crimes, lowest aspects of humanity

who introduced naturalism

emil zola, glorified nature

who are the authors of naturalism

stephen crane, jack london, theodore dreiser

what did jack london write about?

about animals, nature, pessimistic works and not always have bad ending

what are his works for example?

the son of the wolf, the call of the wild, the sea wolf

what did theodore dreiser write about?

about the dangers of american dream, poverty

what were his characters showing?

sexual desire, greed, strong animal drives

what is his work for example

an american tragedy

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