local color movement

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American literary movement literary movement

The local color movement was a 19th-century American literary trend that emphasized detailed, region-specific settings, dialects, and customs to capture the distinct character of different parts of the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
local color movement canonical	3

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American literary movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ
aimsTo	capture the distinct character of different parts of the United States ⓘ preserve regional ways of life in literature ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	American South NERFINISHED ⓘ California NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ New England NERFINISHED ⓘ Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	early 20th century ⓘ
focusesOn	distinct character of different American regions ⓘ local folklore and legends ⓘ regional class and racial dynamics ⓘ social customs of specific communities ⓘ speech patterns of local populations ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	attention to specific landscapes and geography ⓘ depiction of regional customs ⓘ emphasis on local manners and traditions ⓘ ethnographic attention to everyday life ⓘ focus on detailed regional settings ⓘ frequent use of humor and anecdote ⓘ interest in cultural diversity within the United States ⓘ often focuses on rural communities ⓘ often nostalgic tone ⓘ often uses framed or oral storytelling structures ⓘ representation of distinct regional characters ⓘ strong sense of place ⓘ tension between local traditions and national culture ⓘ use of local dialects ⓘ
hasPart	regionalism ⓘ
influenced	20th-century regional fiction in the United States ⓘ American Regionalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Gothic literature NERFINISHED ⓘ later realist fiction in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	American Realism NERFINISHED ⓘ industrialization in the United States ⓘ post–Civil War social changes in the United States ⓘ regional diversity of the United States ⓘ westward expansion in the United States ⓘ
languageFeature	phonetic rendering of dialect ⓘ region-specific vocabulary ⓘ
literaryPeriod	19th century ⓘ
mainRegionOfActivity	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	American Realism NERFINISHED ⓘ American Regionalism NERFINISHED ⓘ local color writing ⓘ regional literature ⓘ
startTime	1860s ⓘ
typicalGenre	novel ⓘ short story ⓘ sketch ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Harte → movement → local color movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Bret Harte

Joel Chandler Harris → movement → local color movement ⓘ

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman → movement → local color movement ⓘ