Local Color and Regionalism
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Local Color and Regionalism
1865-1895
Definitions
Focuses on the characters, dialect, customs,
topography, and other features particular to a specific
region.
Weaknesses may include nostalgia or sentimentality.
Customary forms: sketch, short story, and
occasionally the novel
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Purposes
Contributed to the reunification of the country after
the Civil War.
Contributed to the building of national identity
toward the end of the nineteenth century.
Reassured urban dwellers that amid social change,
there was a geographic repository of traditional
“American” values.
Satisfied the desire of readers to experience quaint or
exotic settings and characters: a kind of travel
literature that introduced readers to their own nation.
Characteristics
Characters
: Concerned character of the
district or
region
rather than with the individual:
Characters may become character types, sometimes
quaint or stereotypical.
The characters marked by their adherence to the old
ways, by dialect, and by particular personality traits
central to the region.
Characteristics, continued
Narrator
: The narrator, if present in the tale as a
character, is typically an educated observer from the
world beyond.
Narrator learns something from the characters while
preserving a sometimes sympathetic, sometimes
ironic distance from them.
The narrator serves as mediator between the rural
folk of the tale and the urban audience to whom the
tale is directed.
Characteristics, continued
Setting:
The emphasis is frequently on nature and the
limitations it imposes.
Settings are frequently remote and inaccessible.
The setting is integral to the story and may
sometimes become a character in itself.
Theme: Old ways and traditions versus urban values
Practitioners
Regionalism
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Kate Chopin
Charles W. Chesnutt
Sarah Orne Jewett
Bret Harte
Hamlin Garland
Celia Thaxter
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Realism
Mark Twain
Henry James
William Dean Howells
Question: Why is Twain in this
column instead of the other one?
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Local Color and Regionalism 1865-1895
Definitions Focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, topography, and other features particular to a specific region. Weaknesses may include nostalgia or sentimentality. Customary forms: sketch, short story, and occasionally the novel http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/lcolor.htm l
Purposes Contributed to the reunification of the country after the Civil War. Contributed to the building of national identity toward the end of the nineteenth century. Reassured urban dwellers that amid social change, there was a geographic repository of traditional American values. Satisfied the desire of readers to experience quaint or exotic settings and characters: a kind of travel literature that introduced readers to their own nation.
Characteristics Characters: Concerned character of the district or region rather than with the individual: Characters may become character types, sometimes quaint or stereotypical. The characters marked by their adherence to the old ways, by dialect, and by particular personality traits central to the region.
Characteristics, continued Narrator: The narrator, if present in the tale as a character, is typically an educated observer from the world beyond. Narrator learns something from the characters while preserving a sometimes sympathetic, sometimes ironic distance from them. The narrator serves as mediator between the rural folk of the tale and the urban audience to whom the tale is directed.
Characteristics, continued Setting: The emphasis is frequently on nature and the limitations it imposes. Settings are frequently remote and inaccessible. The setting is integral to the story and may sometimes become a character in itself. Theme: Old ways and traditions versus urban values
Practitioners Regionalism Realism Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Mark Twain Kate Chopin Henry James Charles W. Chesnutt William Dean Howells Sarah Orne Jewett Question: Why is Twain in this column instead of the other one? Bret Harte Hamlin Garland Celia Thaxter Alice Dunbar-Nelson
