BRET HARTE

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BRET HARTE
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BRET HARTE Take notes on LOCAL COLOR
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Setting The emphasis is frequently on nature and
the limitations it imposes settings are
frequently remote and inaccessible. The setting
is integral to the story and may sometimes become
a character in itself.
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Characters Local color stories tend to be
concerned with the nature of the district or
region rather than with the individual
characters may become character types, sometimes
quaint or stereotypical. The characters are
marked by their adherence to the old ways, by
dialect, and by particular personality traits
central to the region.
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Narrator The narrator is typically an educated
observer from the world beyond who learns
something from the characters while preserving a
sometimes sympathetic, sometimes ironic distance
from them. The narrator serves as mediator
between the rural folk of the tale and the urban
audience to whom the tale is directed.
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VIDEO the gold rush days -- background READ
Bio and background Pp. 474-475 Read The
Outcasts of Poker Flat pp. 476-484.
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SIERRA NEVADA MT. RANGE
SANDY BAR
POKER FLAT
ONE DAYS JOURNEY ACROSS
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HOMEWORK In your literary pages in the back of
the book (purple pages), look up and read
character, characterization, stereotype, and
local color.
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PROMPT After reading The Outcasts of Poker
Flat, write a multi-paragraph essay in which you
discuss how Bret Harte used two techniques to
create local color. Provide appropriate
supporting detail for each technique.
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In paragraph one begin with identification of
the story and author. In your thesis sentence
state two techniques that Harte used to create
local color.
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In paragraph two explain each technique and
provide supporting details from the story for
each one. Last, write a simple conclusion.
CLASSWORK Write a multi-paragraph essay that
discusses the use of local color in the story.