Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

American Literature > American Renaissance in Literature > Flashcards

American Renaissance in Literature Flashcards

1
Q

Renaissance Definition

A

rebirth, renewal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

How old is the United states at this time?

A

50 years old

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What churches oppose puritans?

A

Unitarian churches

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Differences from Puritain beliefs

A

Individual can communicate with God directly
God is revealed through nature
All individuals have free will
All individuals possess a basic goodness

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Historical context

A

country no longer occupied with revolution, frontier survival, or territory growth

industrialization created more leisure time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Concerns of the country

A

Higher education

development of the mind

slavery

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Significance of 1850-1855

A

Numerous major literary works written:

Moby Dick

Scarlet Letter

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Walden

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Relevance of Civil Disobedience

A

man’s responsibility to break laws that are unjust

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Author of Civil Disobedience

A

Thoreau

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Relevance of Walden

A

man’s escape from the world to find a union with nature and a simpler life

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Author of Walden

A

Thoreau

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Relevance of Self-Reliance

A

the necessity for man to think for himself and remain uninfluenced by the opinions of others

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Author of Self-Reliance

A

Emerson

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Relevance of the Scarlet Letter

A

anti-puritan statement that shows the survival of the individual and the destruction of one who tries to conform with puritan beliefs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Author of the Scarlet Letter

A

Hawthorne

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A

Married for a short time and then went to Europe to find answers

Discovered transcendentalism through Kant

Opposed slavery

Friends with Thoreau

Sparked American intellectual life

17
Q

Henry David Thoreau

A

naturalist, philosopher, and writer

Attended Harvard

Only 2 works published in his lifetime

18
Q

Thoreau’s two works

A

Walden

A Week on the Concord and Merrimac

19
Q

Transcendentalism

A

a philosophy that advocates rising above the earthly confusion to become more connected with intuitive thought and the supreme being

20
Q

Where does man get ideas according to transcendentalism?

A

Result of direct revelation from God

Immediate inspiration from God

God’s Imminent prescience in the spiritual world

21
Q

6 Transcendental Beliefs

A

Individual human being is good

Humans have free will

Individuality and self reliance important

Spiritual reality over material world

Man must be close to nature in order to transcend

Spiritual reality and guidance from within

22
Q

What causes man’s corruption?

A

Society

23
Q

1897

A

Emerson’s “The American Scholar” published

24
Q

What did “The American Scholar” do?

A

created a new attitude in the country

declaration of independence for the mind

American Literature (16 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions