Characteristics of Regionalism

-reflects harsh realities
-people = helpless creatures moved by forces beyond their control
-Demonstrates how ordinary people think, act, spoke, dress, and look
-Provides detailed description of setting
-Captures life on frontiers or remote regions in an attempt to entertain
-Demonstrates life without romance or sentimentality
-Sometimes setting becomes a character
-Most stories share an anti pathy
-often very little happens
-narrator is usually an educated observer