ENG 2104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Literary Genre, Theodore Dreiser, Frank Norris

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 2104
• Professor: Thomas Allen

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At home exam available on monday morning on blackboard, due 11:30am on. Regional writing tries to capture the traits and idiosyncrasies of the part of the country about which is being written. Regionalism usually is not about metropolitan areas, more rural. Aka henry james writes about big cities and is not a regional writer. Suspicion from english professors at the time, because they were so popular/entertaining. Twain interested in popular culture, stage shows of the time, entertainment that people are interested in. Twain = unique in literary history because he transcends the divide between popular culture and canonical literature. Realism was defined in opposition to romanticism, etc. Gilded age: age of great technology, invention, and industry. Published in the atlantic: northern, affluent, urban audience. Northern couple relocates to north carolina clueless and self-interested. Carpet-baggers: moving for opportunistic purposes, exploiting the locals. Uncle julius: former clave tells story to manipulate outsiders.