EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE MAGAZINE Early American Literature Magazine exam | Page 31

In American literature, regionalism refers to works that describe a distinctive local geography and culture, and to movements that value smaller-scaled representations of place over representations of broad territorial range. Naturalism is the French literary trend in which a photographic and detailed technique matters, with human aspects there was no subject that could not be treated or language that could not be included in a work. This literary movement is considered "a more extreme form of realism of a pessimistic and deterministic nature" Therefore; naturalistic literature has a reformist goal for society. Characteristics  There is a regional language, that is, with a colloquium from the region.  It is based a lot on classic stories and legends from the region.  It has cultural features of a specific geography.  Determinism. ...  Pessimism. ...  Narrative and language used. ...  Human condition influenced by inheritance. ...  Rejection of Romanticism. ...  Approach between philosophy and science. ...  Scientific method to portray reality. ...  Methodological and metaphysical naturalism 31