Genre Charactistics

Question 0

Transcendentalism

Answer 0

Nature 
  Divine 
  Held truths of life
  True goodness was to be one with nature 
  Escape from evils of society
Individualism
  Rejection of standard societal beliefs
  Inner truth is only thing that matters
  Soul is equally available to all people
  Fulfillment comes from knowing one's self , not wealth gender or education
Moral enthusiasm 
  Anti-aristocracy
  Anti-slavery
  Pro-women's rights
  Quest for utopia

Question 1

Romanticism

Answer 1

Love of nature/ elaborate descriptions
Emotions and Instinct becomes more important than reason.
Thought that life was best when simple and unsophisticated
Reason and imagination
Used imagination to find truth
One can see the beauty in the world
Imagination connects us to world
The supernatural
Fascination with the supernatural
The unexplainable, horror, anything evoking fear
Strong sense, emotions, and feelings
Feeling of loneliness
Characters introspective
Heart superior to mind
Longing for faraway places
Love of exotic locations around world time and space
Glamorized past
Journey, quest, difficulty to conquer
Conflict: Man vs. Society
Free from social restraints
Theme revolving around conflict between individual and society
Spirit of individualism
Natural goodness of human is hindered by life of civilization
Social and economic classes were put down

Question 2

Naturalism

Answer 2

Conflict
Conflict of emotions
Lust greed desire vs. Fight to appear civilized
Man vs nature
Man vs himself
Character acts with strength and dignity in face of adversity
Relationship with surrounding
Characters lives are shaped by forces of nature or society that cannot be understood or controlled
Forces of heredity environment and chance affect individual lives and fates

Question 3

Regionalism

Answer 3

Fiction and poetry that focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, topography, and other features of a specific region

This was influenced by southwestern and down east humor

Question 4

Gothic

Answer 4

Fear
Plays on the idea of comforting those who have fear
Story lines evoke and arouse fear (both real or imagined)
Supernatural
Dramatic and amazing events occur.
(Ghosts Giants live portraits)
Stress irrational
Mystery
Usually takes place in a castle, dungeon, and deals with ghosts
Usually has unexplainable events
An atmosphere of suspense

Question 5

Realism

Answer 5

Accuracy & Honesty
Characters appear real in their complexity of temperament and mood
Unpleasant facts or imagine are presented as they are, as are plain or unassuming details about the subject
Ordinariness
Class is important to realism
Served the interest and aspirations of the middle class society
Characters are defined by their ordinary nature
Events are usually plausible
Avoid the sensational dramatic elements of writing