English II: Realism and Naturalism

Key Words and Authors

Realism

Naturalism

POV

Objective POV

Third Person Limited POV

Stream of Consciousness

Conflict

Internal Conflict

External Conflict

Irony

Verbal Irony

Situational Irony

Dramatic Irony

Simile

Metaphor

Foreshadowing

Personification

Stephen Crane

Wrote “An Episode of War”

-He knew he was going to die from tuberculosis and wrote as much as he could before and ended up with 12 volumes of work

Ambrose Bierce

Wrote “An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge”

-Divorced, two sons died young – moved to Mexico with his fate unknown, possibly killed during the Siege of Ojinaga,

-Was a harsh critic, getting the name “Bitter Bierce”

Jack London

Wrote “To Build a Fire”

-He read constantly, inspiring him to travel, and with his job experiences he fought for the rights of workers – went to Japan to join a cross-country protest where he ended up getting arrested

-the highest-paid and most-industrious writer in the country

Kate Chopin

Wrote “The Story of an Hour”

-Father, Mother, and Husband all died leaving her alone

-Took up writing to try and resolve things

-respected for her psychology of women and ability to capture local color

Susan Glaspell

Wrote “Trifles”

-Together they got local artists to make an amateur theatre group and staged one-act plays where they ended up becoming the Provincetown Players