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Realism

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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REALISM

BY: KAYCIE, MILLY, AND EMILY

REALISM CHARACTERISTICS

  • Realistic
  • Characters more important than plot
  • Attention to class
  • No outlandish plot points
  • Show not tell

HISTORIC EVENTS

  • Fugitive Slave Act 1850
  • Women's Rights Movement 1850's
  • Darwin theorizes evolution 1859
  • First civil war shots fired 1961
  • Gettysburg Address given 1865

HISTORIC EVENTS

  • Statue of Liberty was deticated 1886
  • Basket ball invented 1891
  • First Olympic games 1896

FAMOUS BOOKS

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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

  • Writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin 1851
  • Best selling anti-slavery novel
  • Broad selection of other kinds of books
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

  • Writer of Little Women 1868
  • American Novelist
  • Started with poetry and short stories
  • Began with novels

LEO TOLSTOY

  • A Russian writer
  • Philospher
  • Political thinker
  • Mainly wrote short stories

ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

MARK TWAIN 1876
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RED BADGE OF COURAGE

STEPHEN CRANE 1895
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