Lesson 2.1 (American) Flashcards
It refers to all works of literature in English produced in the United States.
American Literature
Native American cultures have a rich history of __.
oral literature
What are the five periods of American literature?
Colonial and Early National
Romantic
Realism and Naturalism Modernist
Contemporary
He wrote some of the American literature’s earliest works with the themes about his experiences during colonization period.
John Smith
Who wrote ‘A true relation of Virginia’ and ‘The General History of Virginia?
John Smith
She wrote the first African-American book and her works talks about slavery (she experienced it).
Phillis Wheatley
What is the best-known poem that Phillis Wheatley wrote?
On Being Brought from Africa to America
He is an American poet and he is straightforward to his works that are lyrical and narrative.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He explores about the humanitarian themes (justice and moral characters).
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Who wrote ‘The Song of Hiawatha’?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Paul Revere’s Ride is work of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He is known as the ‘master of humor and realism.’
Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s works are more on entertainment What is his notable work?
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer
He is a novelist who articulated the disillusionment of lost generation. His works are feeling of confusion and disappointment (negativity).
Ernest Hemingway
What is some of the notable works of Ernest Hemingway?
‘The Sun Also Rises’
‘A Farewell to Arms’
A writer who centered her works on the black experience and became a first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Toni Morrison
What is Morrison’s notable work that is based on true story of an African- American enslaved woman.
Beloved
He is opposite of Ernest Hemingway that highlights the positive side of WWI.
Malcolm Cowley
What does Malcolm Cowley introduced signifying the ‘bloom of new ideas.’
second flowering
What is the title of Cowley’s autobiographical literary history?
Exile’s Return: A Narrative of Ideas
Who is famous for ‘Thanatopsis’ and marked a new beginning for American poetry?
William Cullen Bryant
What are the titles of Washington Irving’s first American short stories?
‘Rip Van Winkle’
What ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’
Who wrote ‘The Sketch Book’, that achieve international success?
Washington Irving
Who is known for macabre stories such as ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ and ‘The Cask of Amontillado’?
Edgar Allan Poe
