By: Marissa, Tamy, Emely and Alexis

Realism, Naturalism, Vocab. SCT 1

Realism:• 1840-1914

• Realism- nature seen by animals who have no significance. (toads, fish, worms, etc.)

• Developed at the end of the Civil War, stressed reality rather than imagination.

• Steered away from Romanticism, one of the 4 major movements.

NATURALISM:• More pessimistic than Realism.

• Naturalist writers believed in strong forces: Nature, Fate, and Heredity.

• Inspired by hardship• Naturalism was a movement that was an extension of

Realism.• Naturalist stories depicted real people in real situations, larger forces would shape an individual’s

destiny.

NATURALISM 2:• Naturalist Characters:-Little or no education

-Lives were ruled by the force of heredity, instinct, passion, or environment

-Character has a down-fall• Naturalist Characteristics:

-Themes: 1. Survival (Man vs. Nature or Man vs. Self) 2. Nature as a force on the lives of human

beings.3. Violence

NATURALIST STORIES:

LITERATURE OFDISCONTENT:

• Along the lines of naturalism, social problems that people would force to deal with.

• Women and Freed slaves started expressing their discontent with the way things are.

• Address this in writing.

Vocabulary SCT 1:• Allusion- n. indirect reference.

-Ex: He alluded towards Shakespeare in his story.• Archetype- n. original model, base

-Ex: His essay was the archetype for future essays.• Connotation- n. emotional appeal, imply more than

just definition. -Ex: Her connotation towards dogs is sad because of her dead dog.

• Denotation- n. literal, definition. -Ex: The denotation of denotation is literal.

• Diction- n. choice of words. - Ex: Tamy's diction was phenomenal.

Vocabulary SCT 1:• Frame Story- n. story inside a story.

-Ex: He had a frame story in his novel. • Imagery- n. description that appeal to 1 of the 5 senses.

-Ex: He used imagery to describe the setting.• Irony- n. opposite of what you expect.

-Ex: It was ironic that he hated the color pink and was wearing pink.

• Paradox- n. contradicts itself, but still holds truth.-Ex: A paradox sentence is, “Spend money to make money”.

• Parallelism- n. similar grammatically structure.-Ex: A parallelism sentence is, “Give me liberty or give me death.

QUIZ:• When did Realism develop?

• How many other movements were there?

• What did Realism steer away from?

• Define Frame Story.

• Name two Naturalist stories.

QUIZ 2:• Was Naturalism more optimistic or pessimistic than

Realism?

• Define Connotation.

• What strong forces did Naturalist writers believe in?

• Define Paradox.

• Name some themes of Naturalism stories.

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