Realism Review

Realism

• A character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow

• An attempt to portray life without idealism or romanticism

• Literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting

• Portrays humans as subject to forces beyond their control

Regionalism

• Narrator zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of a single character

• Literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting

• An attempt to portray life without idealism or romanticism

• Portrays humans as a subject to forces beyond their control

Conflict

• When someone says one thing but means another

• When what occurs differs from what one expects

• The struggle between to opposing forces

• An attempt to portray life without idealism or romanticism

Naturalism

• Portrays humans as a subject to forces beyond their control

• A character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow

• The audience knows something a character does not

• A narrator seems to know everything about all characters and events

Omniscient Point of View

• The audience knows something a character does not

• Portrays humans as subject to forces beyond their control

• The struggle between two opposing forces

• A narrator seems to know everything about all characters and events

Dramatic Irony

• When someone says one thing but means another

• The audience knows something a character does not

• When what occurs differs from what one expects

Situational Irony

• The audience knows something a character does not

• When what occurs differs from what one expects

• When someone says one thing but means another

Verbal Irony

• The audience knows something a character does not

• When what occurs differs from what one expects

• When someone says one thing but means another

Third Person Limited Point-of-View

• Narrator zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of a single character

• A character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow

• Literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting

• The audience knows something a character does not

Stream of Consciousness

• Narrator zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of a single character

• Literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting

• A character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow

• An attempt to portray life without idealism or romanticism