Respond to one of the following prompts a. regionalism is a form of realism that emphasizes realistic settings using local dialect customs and other specific details of place identify the regional stories in the realism and regionalism unit what part of the country is portrayed and which details in the story distinguish it from other regions in america? b. consider what you have learned about america history during the period of 1860 to the early 1900s. how do the stories in the realism and regionalism unit reflect what was going on in the country then?

A) In century America the Civil War and westward expansion created numerous changes in society and politics. American artists turned to realism and regionalism to comment on the new concerns of the time period such as the ongoing struggle of the working class as well as the societal elevation of the middle class. Artists documented these national transformations by creating removed, impartial depictions of everyday life. In order to bring their characters and setting to life to allow their readers to become fully engulfed in their stories, Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Kate Chopin in The Awakening employed regionalism while Henry James depicted real life in real time using realism in his story Daisy Miller: A Study.

Regionalism and realism are all about the beliefs of the people of America to get rid of the civil war and the varied struggle of different classes of people in the era of the 19th century.

The civil war and the westward expansion have structured numerous differences in the society and politics of America. The struggle of the working-class and societal elevation of the middle class was the realism and regionalism concern for the people of America. To make the story more interesting and catchy for the readers they engaged some of the documented impartial depictions. The awakening employed regionalism by Henry James describes or depicts real-life using realism and regionalism in the story Daisy miller.

Mark Twain and Kate Chopin are the names of the experts at creating regionalist works. Regionalism is termed as the texts that focus specifically on the specific, unique characteristics of a defined region including dialect, customs, tradition, topography, history, and characters. It mainly concentrates on the formal and informal community as a whole. The narrator is making such narration that makes the reader understand the main motto and vision of the writer or the narrator. Mark Twain's in his writings The adventures of Huckleberry Finn uses Regionalism to remind the people about the wild scene of the American West in the era of 19th century.

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Prompt B

The period of 1860 to early 1900 was a depressive time. There was a vast need for working men, the cost of the civil war in the United States was tremendous. Soldiers fought in the war, and possibly as many as 851.000 died in 1861-1865. Literature was given as detailed and as bare as it could be. And so, this was the basis of realism and naturalism.

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