REALISM TIME PERIOD(1850-1900)

CHARACTERISTICS OF REALISM

• Almost exact opposite of Romanticism.
• Focuses on mostly present issues from now instead of the past or fantasy.
• The characters are important and are usually average people.
• The writing is usually like a conversation or someone talking.
• Realism is set up with truth and showed life and people as they were.

Famous Works
•Uncle Toms Cabin
•The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
•Narrative of Sojourner Truth
•Little Women
•The Red Badge of Courage
•Bayou Folk

FAMOUS AUTHORS

• Mark Twain- Wrote famous book Tom Sawyer in 1876.
• Harriet Beecher Stowe- Published Uncle Toms Cabin in 1852.
• Herman Melville- Author of Piazza Tales, book of short story's in 1856.
• Louisa May- Author if little woman. The story about growing up 1869.
• Sojourner Truth- A dedication to Sojorner Truth in 1850.

HISTORICAL EVENTS

• Civil War started April 12 1861and ended April 9th 1865
• Abraham Lincoln was assassinated April 14 1865 by John Wilkes Booth
• Industrial Revolution started in 1850 and working conditions were terrible
• Women's rights movement started in 1848 Gold rush 1849 and Land Rush 1889
• The Compromise of 1850, Slave states and free states