The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
by Mark Twain

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County: Genre 1 key example

Genre
Explanation and Analysis:

“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a short story that belongs to the regionalist literary genre. Regionalism emerged in the years after the Civil War as writers started telling stories grounded in specific regions of the United States, highlighting local cultures, speaking styles, and geographies in the process.