Mukcrakers 5.02

1. Define the term Muckraker. Be sure to take the name of the person who created it -Muckrakers were American journalists and novelists of the 20th century who exposed rot in government and businesses. The term was created by Theodore Roosevelt. 2. Naturalism was a literary movement of the late 19th century that was an extension of Realism. What was the main taper of the Naturalistic writer? -The main focus of the Naturalistic writer was the fringes society, the criminal, the f anyen, and the down-and-out 3.American Realists believed that humanitys freedom of choice was limited by the power of outside forces. How would this judgment differ from the perspective of the Romantic writer (think of someone like Emerson)? -Romantic writers believed that all people were encouraged torward self-development, and that everyone is valued as individuals from birth. They withal believed in expressing themselves in ways that they chose, like art, and all kinds of expression. 4. Inyouropinion, based on what you take away read, why would post Civil War, newly industrialized America be attracted to the Realistic movement? It was an age of reform. There was so sugar screening things. The south was destroyed, newly frees blacks were in poverty, and the economy was bad. Change was happening still everything wasnt lollipops and daises. 5. What is meant by the term local color? -Local color is also called regional literature. It is fictional literature about a certain region, which essence the characters the way they talk and live would all be they way things be in that specific region.