FINAL Flashcards
Ambrose Bierce
Realism
Mark Twain
Realism
Zora Hurston
Harlem
Claude McKay
Harlem
Upsurge in African American Cultural expression
Harlem
Henry James
Realism
Characters are more important than the plot
Realism
Concentration is on the middle class
Realism
Mystery of Heroism
Naturalism
Jack London
Naturalism
The Open Boat
Naturalism
Determinism
Naturalism
Characters are dominated by external and internal forces
Naturalism
Stephen Crane
Naturalism
The Scarlet Letter
Anti Transcendentalism
Human Nature has a dark side
Anti Transcendentalism
Herman Melville
Anti Transcendentalism
Deals with the question of evil
Anti Transcendentalism
Fireside poets
Romantics
Gothic
Romantics
Washington Irving
Romantics
True American Hero
Romantics
The Fall and the House of Usher
Romantics
Edgar Allen Poe
Romantics
Thoreau
Transcendentalism
Emerson
Transcendentalism
Transparent Eyeball
Transcendentalism
Self reliance
Transcendentalism
Walden
Transcendentalism
Utopias
Transcendentalism
Equiano
Enlightenment
Jonathan Edwards
Enlightenment
Ben Franklin
Enlightenment
Thomas Payne
Enlightenment
Political in nature
Enlightenment
Men had the ability to protect themselves
Enlightenment
Anne Bradstreet
Puritan
The first American Poet
Puritan
Captivity Narrative
Puritan
Mary Rowlandson
Puritan
John Smith
Puritan
William Bradford
Puritan
All work is non fiction
Puritan
John Steinbeck
Modernism
Stream of Consciousness
Modernism
Expatriates
Modernism
Fitzgerald
Modernism
Influenced by Psychology
Modernism
Imaginism
Modernism
The intrusion of an outsider
Regionalism
Setting is usually remote
Regionalism
Robert Frost
Regionalism
Brett Harte
Regionalism
Eudora Welty
Regionalism
Flannery O’Connor
Regionalism
Religion over everything
Puritan
Reason over religion
Enlightenment
Feelings over reason
Romantics
Nature over everything
Transcendentalism
Dark Nature over everything
Anti Transcendentalism
Reality over imagination
Realism
Determinism over reality
Naturalism
Opinions over Patriotism
Modernism
Culture over society
Harlem
Local over national
Regionalism
List movements in order
Puritan
Enlightenment
Romantics
Trans
Anti Trans
Realism
Naturalism
Modernism
Harlem
Regionalism
Anti Trans Basics (3)
Nature is indifferent, unforgiving, and often unexplainable
People possess the potential for both good and evil
The Truths of existence are elusive
Characteristics of Realism (3)
Characters are more important than the plot. Often complex ethical choices are subjects of these works
Events are usually plausible
Objectivity (not your own opinion) is very important. The author’s voice is rarely heard
Effect of Harlem (2)
A literary movement running parallel to the modernist movement
It ran roughly from 1910-1930 and was focused in Harlem New York
5 I’s
Intuition Imagination Innocence Inspiration from nature Inner Experience