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TheAgeofRealism I.Fillintheblanks. 1.HenryJamesfirstachievedrecognitionasawriterofthe“______”---astorywhichbrings togetherpersonsofvariousnationalitieswhorepresentcertaincharacteristicsoftheircountry. 2.______wasMarkTwain’smasterpiecefromwhich,asHemingwaynoted,“allmodern Americanliteraturecomes.” 3.ThethreedominantfiguresoftheAmericanRealisticPeriodareWilliamDeanHowells, ______,andHenryJames. 4.HenryJames'semphasisonpsychologyandonthehumanconsciousnessprovestobeabig breakthroughinnovelwritingandhasgreatinfluenceonthecominggenerations.Thatiswhy heisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20thcentury“______”. 5.AsoneofAmerica’sfirstandforemostrealistsandhumorists,_______,thepennameof SamuelLanghorneClemens,usuallywroteabouthisownpersonalexperiencesandthingshe knewaboutfromfirsthandexperiences. 6._______wasarealist,butnotanaturalist.Hewasanobserverofthemindratherthana recorderoftime.Hisrealismwasaspecialkindofpsychologicalrealism. 7.OneofClemens’sbestbooks_______isbuiltaroundhisexperiencesasasteamboatpilot. 8.MarkTwain’sfirstnovel,_______wasanartisticfailure,butitgaveitsnametotheAmericaof thepost-bellumperiodwhichitattemptedtosatirize. 9.TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthe 19thcenturyFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoanotherschool of:AmericanNaturalism. II.Decidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse. 1.Inthelatterhalfofthenineteenthcentury,womensomewhatbecamethenation’sdominant cultureforce. 2.Inthelatenineteenthcentury,althoughAmericanscontinuedtoreadtheworksofIrving, Cooper,Hawthorne,andPoe,thegreatageofAmericanromanticismhadended. 3.TheAmericanrealistssoughttodescribethewiderangeofAmericanexperienceandtopresent thesubtletiesofhumanpersonality. 4.MarkTwainhad,ashisaimofwriting,thesoul,thelife,andthespeechofthepeopleinmind. 5.MarkTwain’slaterworksunmistakablyshowedhischangefromanoptimistandhumoristto analmostdespairingdeterminist. 6.ThebulkofAmerica’sliteraryrealismwaslimitedtooptimistictreatmentofthesurfaceoflife