Realism
Naturalism
Regionalism
Historical Context
Miscellaneous
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Realism focuses on the lives of which type of people? (Think class structure) 

Middle-Class people

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Naturalism is a branch of ____

Realism
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Regionalist writers were also called ____ ____ writers

Local Color

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What major historical event was a turning point in the American imagination 

The Civil War

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Naturalists wanted to show the futility of _____

The futility of human action versus the forces of nature. 

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Realists believe people have ____ ? 

Free will

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The tone of naturalists work was often _____ and _____

detached;amoral 

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While Realism and Naturalism was predominantly written by urban, white males, regionalist writing differed because ______

It included a more diverse range of voices

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American writers and artists rejected the idealism and lofty symbolism of the _____ and _____ movements

Romantic;Transcendentalist 
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All three literary movements wanted to portray what type of American citizens? 

Average, everyday citizens. 

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Realists were primarily focused on ____

Character

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Naturalists took a ____  ______ to their beliefs

Scientific Approach

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Regionalism depicted the unique ____ , _____ and ____ 

characteristics ; dialects ; landscapes

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What replaced slavery in the post-war American south? 

Peonage and prisoner leasing

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Which literary movement helped to show that there was not one, singular dominant narrative about American reality? 

Regionalism 

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