Monday, March 21, 2011

Beginning of Trimester III



The Rise of Realism

The Civil War to 1914

  • Read introduction to Realism (444-461).
  • Take notes on features of Realism and Naturalism (note the bulleted lists in the marginal boxes on 457 & 459)
  • Answer the following questions:
  1. How and when did American writers and poets respond to the Civil War?
  2. What are the basic characteristics of realism?
  3. What did the naturalist writers believe? (HAND IN)

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