Literary Movements- Features Flashcards

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Humanity progressing toward more

mature state

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Enlightenment

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Literature is often fragmentary

images

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Modernism

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Birth of American Literary tradition

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Romantic

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Knowledge is scripture/tradition-

based

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Puritan

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Coincides with industrial revolution

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Enlightenment

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Emphasis on reason and rationality

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Enlightenment

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Emphasis on feelings and emotions

over reason

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Romantic

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“4 I’s: intuition, individual,

imagination, idealism

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Romantic

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God is real and ever-present force

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Puritan

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Emphasis on everyday life as insight to

truth

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Realist

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Community is paramount

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Puritan

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Golden age of American literature

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Romantic

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Universe is an ordered system governed by comprehensible laws

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Enlightenment

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Attempt to portray life as it really is

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Realist

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Loss of idealism

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Modernism

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15
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Notable for what is omitted –
audience provides the
analysis/interpretation

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Modernism

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Renewed appreciation for nature

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Romantic

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Focus on social issues

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Realist

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Transition to modern culture, mass

culture, WWI, new technology

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Modernism

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Use of

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Realist

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Bible-based religion/scripture

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Puritan

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Philosophical basis for Revolution

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Enlightenment

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Harlem Renaissance

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Modernism

23
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Devil is a real threat and temptation

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Puritan

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Largely a result of Civil War – loss of

idealism/romanticism

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Realist

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Dramatic changes in social norms

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Modernism