local colorism--Rosa

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1、LocalColorismLocalcolorismisdefinedbyHamlinGarlandinhisCrumblingIdolsashaving“suchqualityoftextureandbackgroundthatitcouldnothavebeenwritteninanyotherplaceorbyanyoneelsethananative.”theelementswhichcharacterizealocalculture,suchasspeech,customs,andsomethingpeculiarto

2、oneparticularplacetexturebackgroundcoversphysicalsettinganddistinctivequalitiesoflandscapewhichconditionhumanthoughtandbehaviorTheultimateaimofthelocalistsistocreatetheillusionofindigenouslittleworldwithqualitiesthattellitapartfromtheworldoutside.Inliterature,localco

3、lorfictionreferstofictionorpoetrythatfocusesonspecificfeatures–includingcharacters,dialects,customs,history,andlandscape–ofaparticularregion.formaftertheCivilWarthedualinfluenceofromanticismandrealismamixtureofromanticplotsandrealisticdescriptionwhichshowsthedialects

4、,customs,sightsandsoundsofregionalAmerica.Theaffectingfactorsontheshapingoflocalcolorism1.thesocialandculturalenvironment2.theliterarygroundThesocialandculturalenverionmentThoughfederalismhadalreadyfoundedinAmericaatthattime,butgreatdifferencesstiIlremainedamongdiffe

5、rentpartsofthecountry．ItisimpossibleforAmericatoformitsowncohesiveculture．TheEastembracedthesuperiorityforitslongerhistory;moredevelopedcivilizationandcuIturemaketheotherpartsofthecountryespeciallytheWestfeltembarrassedanduneasy．Theyfeltpsycholologicalneedtoassertthe

6、irownculturalidentity,seekingunderstandingandrecognitionbyshowingtheirlocalcharacter.TheliterarygroundThewesternfrontierhumoristshadpreparedtheliterarygroundforlocalcolorism.Americanhumorhastwotypes：easternoneandwesternorfrontierone，easternhumorismostseeninNewEngland

7、，ingenerallyspeakingitismoregenteel;thewesternoneismorecrude，wildanditisthebasisofthehumorusedinlocalism．ManylocalistlikeMarkTwainwhowasbornandgrownupinthewesternfrontier，greatlyinfluencedbythehumoristandtraditionofwesternhumor．Andmagazinesappearedtoletwriterdpublish

8、theirworks.DevelopmentLocalcolorismasatrendfirstmadeitspresencefeltinthelate1860sandearly1870s.Itdidnotceasetobeadominantfashionunt