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- realistic techniques
- 1. imagry 2.openness 3. symbolism 4.dramatic technique
- point of view
- a vantage point from which an author presents a story
- flashback
- a work presents material that occured prior to the opening scene of the work
- hemingway
- created the "hemingway" hero
- antagonist
- a character directly opposed to the protagonist
- mark twain
- a dog's tale. horse's tale
- abe lincoln
- his writings are acclaimed for 3 things clarity, simplicity, and understanding 2. wrote 2 of the greatest political speeches ever written by an american a. 2nd inaugural address b gettysburg address
- lost generation
- term applied to american writers born around 1900 who faught in WWI and constituted a group reacting against the tendencies of the older writers of the 1920's
- drama
- a story told in action by actors whp impersonate the characters of the story
- walt whitman
- song of myself, passage to india
- naturalism
- an extreme form of realism which begins with a view of the universe and mans place in it
- sidney lanier
- 1 was a supreme poetic technition 2 he is brilliant in technical originallity and skilled in the use of imagry
- william faulkner
- the town, the bear
- points of naturalism
- 1. origins in france 2. extremely pessimistic view on life 3. setting and thems derived from real world w/ uncompromisng detail
- local color
- in fiction, the use of detail associated w/ a particular region or section of the country
- John Steinback
- he employed a variety of styles and techniques from naturalism to poetic alligory
- atmosphere
- prevailing tone or mood of a literary work
- william faulkner
- created a legend of the south both its past and present 2. experimented with technique and style
- tragedy
- recounts a casually related series of events in the life of a person of significance
- realism
- way of lookind at life truthfully and objectively seeing life as it really is
- dramatic monologue
- poem consisting of a long speech by one character who, through his words, reveals himself and the dramatic situation he is in
- ambrose bierce
- devils dictionary, the dance of death
- naturalism
- is an extreme form of realism, which begins with a view of the universe and mans place in it
- stephen benet
- 1. his use of immagination in his work 2. his use of american folklore
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- the rich boy, the freshest boy
- walt whitman
- 1. acknowledged his indebtedness to emerson 2. he is acclaimed the poet of democracy
- crane
- use of symbolism intensified his themes
- mark twain
- he was a humorist in the western tradition of cosmic journalism
- hemingway
- the great gatsby, men without women
- robinson
- his theme or his poems are often those of failure and alientation, strongly pessimistic, and dispairing
- crane
- the monster, the open boat
- style
- combines the idea to be expressed and the individuality of the author
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- he was a brillian flamboyant character whose novels and ss are serias critisism of life
- satire
- a piece of writing that holds up to ridicule or contempt, the weaknesses and wrong doings of individuals, groups, or humanity
- abe lincoln
- 1st & 2nd inaugural address, last public adress
- epitaph
- comerralitive verses or lines appearing on a tomb
- plot
- pattern of events
- robinson
- merlin, lancelot
- setting
- the background against which action takes place
- ambrose bierce
- his wit is both brilliant and cruel
- stephen benet
- seven brides for seven brothers
- free verse
- means lacks a rhythmical pattern of meter
- comedy
- a lighter for of drama that aims primarily to amuse and end happily
- local colorists
- preoccupation with actual dialect, folklore, customs, and interest
- John Steinback
- of mice and men, red pony
- dialogue
- conversation with two or more people
- sidney lanier
- the symphoyn, corn
- protagonist
- a chief character in a work
- conflict
- the struggle that grows out of the interplay of two opposing forces