Leture5 The Age of Realism (1865-1900) American Literature 美国文学教学课件.ppt

The Age of Realism (1865-1900) 1. American Realism A. Westward expansion closed Henry James 1. Contribution and Literary Place Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1. Plot 2 Analysis of Major Characters Huck Finn: innocent fallible and imperfect but good-hearted Jim: a man of remarkable intelligence and compassion a loyal friend to Huck Finn 3 Themes Racism and Slavery Intellectual and Moral Education The Hypocrisy of “Civilized” Society * 2. Leading Figures Mark Twain William Dean Howells Henry James 1) Reasons 2) Definition B. Industrialization C. The old generation died/were dying D. New generation appears with new ideas 1) Reasons 2) Definition A literary movement ranges from 1865 to 1900, advocates a faithful attitude towards writing and that the writing should reflect the true life of reality. Developed international novel 2) Used the 3rd person limited point of view 3) Did a lot of research about the theory of fiction The Art of Fiction 4) The first psychological realist Straightforward (1865-1882) A. “The international novel” and “international theme” 2. Writing phases B. The American, Daisy Miller, The Portrait of a Lady 2) Mature (1882-1895) A. Showed his tendency to Psychological analyses B.The Bostonians, The Princess Casamassima. 3) 1895-1900 A. Childhood and adolescence and also international theme B.The Turn of the Screw, What Maiser knows; The Ambassadors, The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl Local Colorism is a unique variation of American Literary Realism. Generally the works by local colorists are concerned with the life of a small and well-defined region or province. This kind of fiction depicts characters from a specific setting or of an era, which are marked by its customs, dialects, costumes, landscape or other peculiarities that have escaped standardizing cultural influence. Yet for all their sentimen