Graph/chart/map and citation

Genre	American Author	Perceived the individual as...
Romantics	Ralph Waldo Emerson	a god
Realists	Henry James William Dean Howells Mark Twain	simply a person
Naturalists	Stephen Crane Frank Norris	a helpless object

(Harper, 1153)



It show realism compared to other themes that were present at the time. It's really easy to see the diffences in the themes and really easy to understand because it's simplified. You can see the actual chart better on the web site below.
URL
www.ncteamericancollection.org/amer_realism.htm

reflection paragraph sources #3

When it comes to the sources .... I can't find the right words to describe how infuriating it was to even find three sources that seemed to figure into the time period given to me and gave an appearance of contain information that seemed to be informative. With constant changing of web pages I was able to find sources that gave surface information on realism. Although just about all if not all the web pages came from .net or .org or .ed , Wikipedia was by far the most useful and trustworthy of all the sites visited.  It gave multiple links of different people that portrayed realism in their work during the time periods I gave.  It gave me only fact and quotes for the artist; no bias at all. Then again there wasn't any web pages(that I read) that showed any form of bias in the writing.  However, most all the web pages I visited and used showed me one clear line of thought. That during this peroid of time realism was used so that when you read a book, or see an art peice desplayed, or listen to music, it wasn't hard to see what the artist meant/wanted you to see.

reflection paragraph on process #2

On the surface the project seems quiet easy in comparison to a paper or material project, even with the short time limit. However when confronted with a seemingly simple task it became hard. It maybe that since it seemed so simple that our standard for perfection has increased unknowingly; I don't know. When doing me research it was increasingly hard to find links that related and gave new information on the subject without repetition. To get facts on the opinions the artisan showed through their work and the meaning that isn't right in your face. Plus if you didn't know anything about the time you probably won't be able to connect the dots in relation. Ok so if I had to do this project over again I would change a couple of things. One being: given the page number in which our topics can be found. Another being a little more time on the assignment so we can make sure that the information is good.

reflection paragraph on findings #1

Ok so my topic was the Age of Realism. My questions mainly revolved around what realism was/is.  At the begining I think I made my stand point on the topic apparent, but now I'm nearing the end of this assignment I believe my previous statement is not as true as the reality. Except for the part about the realism movement showing a new change of perspective in the American people and economy.  I don't have many questions left. I just wish that I could get more in depth details on the matter.  Some of the main topics that came up in research was the time frame and some of the personal perspectives of the aritst through the medium used and the general public and what was going on in the economy.The most surprising fact I learned was how realism was used in liteature.

Finding paragraph #3

What was it's effect on the country?Why?
Paragraph:
Realism forced the true to be seen; the reality of the situtation. Though through each medium ,like all others, there was a slight difference in each story, art, journal, music,et. 'Each, though slightly different in concept or subject, was defining what was going on in front of his or her eyes, without imagining a past or a future.(citation 2)'. ' The second half of the 19th c. saw America becoming increasingly self-conscious at the very time regional writers began to write about its various aspects. American wanted to know what their country looked like, and how the varied races which made up their growing population lived and talked.' (citation4).  However, realism didn't really inspire as opposed to reflect the reality of life that the people saw or didn't see everyday.' Artists used the feelings, textures and sounds of the city to influence the color, texture and look of their creative projects. Musicians noticed the quick and fast paced nature of the early 20th century and responded with a fresh and new tempo. Writers and authors told a new story about Americans; boys and girls real Americans could have grown up with. Pulling away from fantasy and focusing on the now, American Realism presented a new gateway and a breakthrough—introducing modernism, and what it means to be in the present.'(citation wiki)

work cited

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Clemens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_realism
http://www.digitalschools.org/digitalschools/us/1880-1914 ProgressiveEra.pdf>
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap5/5intro.html
http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/realism.htm
http://ncteamericancollection.org/amer_realism.htm
 http://www.arts.gov/artworks/wp-content/uploads/BetterNY-829x1024.jpg

Finding paragraph #2

Question(s): 2.)what event(s) happen to bring about the age?
3.)How did it get the name and what does it mean and how did it come about in the usa?
Paragraph:
Well realism happened at the end of the Civil War, and war is brutal as it is without it being in your front yard. That plus around the time realism became really astablished was during the industerial revolution; people, families moving away both themes painful. Wouldn't you want someone to take a record of what was beening lost? Realism by definition means: 'the representation in art or literature of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are, without idealization or presentation in abstract form' (thefreedictionary.com)"The writing during this period was also very regional. The industrial revolution called for standardization, mass production of goods and streamlined channels of distribution. America was leaping into a new modern age and people feared that local folkways and traditions would be soon forgotten. Responding to these sentiments, realistic writers set their stories in specific American regions, rushing to capture the "local color" before it was lost.'(citation1). Local color means the same as customs.'They drew upon the sometimes grim realities of everyday life, showing the breakdown of traditional values and the growing plight of the new urban poor. American realists built their plots and characters around people's ordinary, everyday lives. Additionally, their works contained regional dialects and extensive dialogue which connected well with the public. As a result, readers were attracted to the realists because they saw their own struggles in print.' (citation 1)

finding paragraph #1

Question(s):  What is the age of realism?
Paragraph:
The Age of Realism is not just a literary age, as I orginally assumed to my own due to the nature of this assignment.  During the late eighteen hundreds through the early nineteen hundreds was the pinacle of a movement that expanded to all aspects of the arts during its time, the age of realism.  Realism is the technique chosen to implement these changes.  'During the late 19th century, and into the 20th century artists and musicians contributed to the idea of realism in the American setting.'("Wikipedia." Google. Wikipedia, 16/1. Web. 4 Feb 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_realism>. ). 'Each, though slightly different in concept or subject, was defining what was going on in front of his or her eyes, without imagining a past or a future. While it has been stated that American Realism was a Neoclassical movement borrowing from ancient classical interpretations of art and architecture, this statement is false. American Realism was actually the opposite; instead of reflecting back to antiquities, artists, writers and musicians were concerned with recording the grit and the true reality of the early 20th century in America.("Wikipedia." Google. Wikipedia, 16/1. Web. 4 Feb 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_realism>. )

Quote,paraphrase, and citation#5

Quote:
Broadly defined as "the faithful representation of reality" or "verisimilitude," realism is a literary technique practiced by many schools of writing. Although strictly speaking, realism is a technique, it also denotes a particular kind of subject matter, especially the representation of middle-class life. A reaction against romanticism, an interest in scientific method, the systematizing of the study of documentary history, and the influence of rational philosophy all affected the rise of realism. According to William Harmon and Hugh Holman, "Where romanticists transcend the immediate to find the ideal, and naturalists plumb the actual or superficial to find the scientific laws that control its actions, realists center their attention to a remarkable degree on the immediate, the here and now, the specific action, and the verifiable consequence" (A Handbook to Literature 428).

Paraphrase:
Realism has a broad definition, but all in all it is a technique that denotes certain representation such as that of middle-class life. The rise of realism in the 19th c. was caused by a reaction against romanticism, increased interest in scienctific method, and facts.

Citation:

Campbell, D.. "Realism in American Literature." Literary Movements. Washington State University, 2011. Web. 5 Feb 2012. <http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/realism.htm>.

Quote,paraphrase, and citation #4

Quote:
The second half of the 19th c. saw America becoming increasingly self-conscious at the very time regional writers began to write about its various aspects. American wanted to know what their country looked like, and how the varied races which made up their growing population lived and talked. It was the age of the first mappings and surveyings of the West; it was the age of the in which the rails of of the first transcontinental railroad had bound East and West.


Paraphrase:
In the second part on the 1800's Americans mindset changed. They wanted to know more about their countries diversed culture: what it looked liked, the races, et.
Citation:

Reuben, Paul. American Realism-A Brief Introduction. N.p., 2011. Web. 5 Feb 2012. <http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap5/5intro.html>.

Quote, paraphrase, and citation # 3

Quote:

Section 1: How Cities Grow and Change

Main Idea:

Industrialization and immigration caused American cities to grow rapidly.

Industries were drawn to cities, which offered good transportation and many workers. As

more industries came to the cities, so did more workers. Many were immigrants from

other countries or people who migrated from America’s farms. The growth of cities is

called urbanization.

Paraphrase:Well this is a slide show of life between 1880-1914 divided into 4 parts.  Part 1. Growth and Change of Cities; Part 2 New Immergrants; Part 3 Segregation and Discrimination; Part 4 Society and Mass Culture all this depicts life in 1880-1914.
Citation:

. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Feb 2012. <http://www.digitalschools.org/digitalschools/us/1880-1914 ProgressiveEra.pdf>.

quote, paraphrase, and citation #2

Quote:
During the late 19th century, and into the 20th century artists and musicians contributed to the idea of realism in the American setting. Each, though slightly different in concept or subject, was defining what was going on in front of his or her eyes, without imagining a past or a future. While it has been stated that American Realism was a Neoclassical movement borrowing from ancient classical interpretations of art and architecture, this statement is false. American Realism was actually the opposite; instead of reflecting back to antiquities, artists, writers and musicians were concerned with recording the grit and the true reality of the early 20th century in America.

Paraphrase:
People, when realism came about, exspected it to reflect the classic art/cultures of Europe (Greece, Rome, et).  However it came into it's own and expanded to all aspects of the American arts. Realism was conserned with reflecting the true reality of the present; uncerened with anything else. 
Citation:

. "Wikipedia." Google. Wikipedia, 16/1. Web. 4 Feb 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_realism>.

Photo, caption, and citation#3

Photo:

Caption:
This is a picture of Samuel Clemens most widely known by his pen name Mark Twain. He was an author of classic American novels such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . He was a realism writer during the Age of Realism. His works have stood the test of time and today have become part of the high school reading curriculum; though some schools have bane some of his books for the language content.

Citation:

Wikipedia contributors, . "Mark Twain." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, n.d. Web. 4 Feb 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Clemens.

Photo, caption, and citation#2

Photo:

Caption:
This is a picture of  Scott Joplin. He was an american composer and painist between 1867-1917. He is most famous for his ragtime compositions. Ragtime is the style of music most popular during the age of realism.
Citation:

. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Feb 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin.

quote, paraphrase, and citation #1

Quote:
The writing during this period was also very regional. The industrial revolution called for standardization, mass production of goods and streamlined channels of distribution. America was leaping into a new modern age and people feared that local folkways and traditions would be soon forgotten. Responding to these sentiments, realistic writers set their stories in specific American regions, rushing to capture the "local color" before it was lost. They drew upon the sometimes grim realities of everyday life, showing the breakdown of traditional values and the growing plight of the new urban poor. American realists built their plots and characters around people's ordinary, everyday lives. Additionally, their works contained regional dialects and extensive dialogue which connected well with the public. As a result, readers were attracted to the realists because they saw their own struggles in print.

Paraphrase:
 With the economic changes the industrial revolution called for to lead America into a new age, gave birth to American realism.  Americans felt like their traditions were being lost; realism bulit their stories around the local color before it could be lost to time. The American people had a positive responce to this style of writing and drew connections to it.

Citation:
Penrose, Patricia. "American Realism: 1865-1910." http://ncteamericancollection.org. Nogales High School, n.d. Web. 1 Feb 2012. <http://ncteamericancollection.org/amer_realism.htm>.

photo,caption, and citation 1

Snow in New York (1902) by Robert Henri.

This painting by Robert Henri show fresh snow fall in the streets of New York City as you would have seen it in 1902. Robert Henri in this pictures along with the rest of his collection of art is about the beauty in the reality that you see.  It isn't abstract or trying to make you feel something of think differently through colors chosen.  He painted the reality, the scene, that was there in frount of him; realism is all about the reality there, the truth without idealism of any kind.
On a side note; some of the acknowledged painters -that i've seen- during this time studied under Henri.

URL:  http://www.arts.gov/artworks/wp-content/uploads/BetterNY-829x1024.jpg

 Preliminary links and descriptions

http://ncteamericancollection.org/amer_realism.htm 
 Description: Written by Patricia Penrose the article American Realism in 1865-1910 gives details on the realism literature of the time period and references. While also having minor details on the time period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_realism
 Description: The writer is nonspecific but this site give information on realism of America. How it effected the culture and what it brought about and more. Also they have references.
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/realist.html
 Description: Writer is someone named Nichol but the one who created the site was Dana Lea. This web page give references for the whole entire period of Realism in practically every aspect.

What I want to know about my topic

While I continue on with this Lit. assignment, I think over the name of the time period and the name of it. Questions begin to develop in my mind guided by one question "What is the Age of Realism?" If I could be more specific it would be described in these following questions:
What event(s) happened to bring upon the age?
 How did it get the name and what does it mean and how did it come about in the usa?
What was it's effect on the country?Why?

What I already know about my topic

Age of realism in american literature; what do I know on this preticular topic?  Uh, nothing.  I know I heard of realism and realist somewhere before, but my mind is a blank as to any helpful information pertaining to the topic.  But if I did learn something about realism it is most likely I learnt it in history class.  I know for a fact that I will be researching it at lenght between the years 1880-1914.  The Civil War was in between that time frame....I think. I'm not sure I'm not so great with dates. So most likely the impact it was gonna have in literature is stuff dealing with Africa Americans right and a lot of polical stuff and racism and the new change of perspective for the U.S. people and economy.  Along that time there was alot of legal matters between businesses and the government, which would explain ecconomic changes. I not entirely sure on anything.

The story behind my topic choice

I don't like lieing.  Whenever I do lie it's because I feel it would be the wisest move in the given situtation. As to go ahead and fabricate a story about the reasoning behind my choice of writing would be under false pretenses. The only reason behind my topic chioce is a flip of a coin. Shortly after seeing my two choices in topics I gather whatever basic research I could mange to extract from the schools computer system; to find which ever topic appears the most riveting.  However, after all that work luck would have it that I would want to do anything else but learn about either topic. When I went home after skimming some other websites on the topic I remained at a deadlock. At that time I got a coin said "Head romanticism, tails realism." Tail prevailed in two out of three, so the age of realism it is.