Realism Tenets

Question 1

Very little plot; lots of storytelling revolving around the community and its rituals.

Answer 1

Regionalism

Question 2

Nature is at best indifferent toward man and at worst hostile towards him.

Answer 2

Naturalism

Question 3

In women’s local color heroines are often unmarried young girls.

Answer 3

Regionalism

Question 3

Diction is natural vernacular, not heightened or poetic

Answer 3

Realism

Question 4

Characters are marked by their adherence to tradition.

Answer 4

Regionalism

Question 5

Free will is limited; self-determination is impossible

Answer 5

Naturalism

Question 6

Common themes are violence, survival, and the breaking of taboos.

Answer 6

Naturalism

Question 7

Themes show a resistance to change and a nostalgia for an always past golden age.

Answer 7

Regionalism

Question 8

Character is more important than action

Answer 8

Realism

Question 9

Tone can be comic, satiric, or matter-of-fact

Answer 9

Realism

Question 10

Characters are complex in temperament and motive.

Answer 10

Realism

Question 11

Settings are frequently remote and inaccessible.

Answer 11

Regionalism

Question 12

Characters are often ill-educated, unsophisticated, and drawn from the lower classes.

Answer 12

Naturalism

Question 13

The only reasonable response to the world is resignation.

Answer 13

Naturalism

Question 14

Social class is important

Answer 14

Realism

Question 15

Setting May sometimes be a character itself

Answer 15

Regionalism

Question 16

Man is a victim of forces beyond his control

Answer 16

Naturalism

Question 17

Events are plausible; avoids sensationalism and the supernatural

Answer 17

Realism

Question 18

Emphasis on nature and the limitations it imposes

Answer 18

Regionalism

Question 19

Man is an animal equally subject to the laws of nature as any lower species

Answer 19

Naturalism

Question 20

Concerned with how a character is a product of a region rather than individuality

Answer 20

Regionalism

Question 21

Plots often present a slice-of-life, which are chronicles of despair.

Answer 21

Naturalsim

Question 22

Objectivity in presentation is important

Answer 22

Realism

Question 23

Exploit certain geographic regions to present the distinct culture of that region through dialect, customs, setting, and character types.

Answer 23

Regionalism

Question 24

Emphasis on verisimilitude even at the expense of plot.

Answer 24

Realism

Question 25

Narrators are usually educated mediators between the rural characters and the urban audience.

Answer 25

Regionalism