A S L 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: African-American History, Foghorn, African-American Art
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Writers of american produced mainly fiction after the civil war: William dean howells: aimed to treat commonplace americans truthfully . Henry james: focus on psychological realism, and his international theme. Mark twain: local colour writer focusing on american south (tall tales) Kate chopin: includes louisiana heritage and women"s issues in her writing. Reconstruction (of the south after the civil war) + antebellum nostalgia. Integration of new territory in the west being connected. Period covers the time between 2 major wars (the civil war and world war i) Also includes a darker version" of realism = naturalism: not the romantic nature! Common characters in a commonplace contemporary world. Characters conditioned by environment, heredity, instinct or chance and possess. Social + natural constraints don"t allow to exercise their free will without impediments. Suffering, violence; rise & fall; social barriers. Universe/ nature/ the urban setting: amoral, indifferent, hostile. Modernist poetry and drama, and the harlem renaissance.
