Literary Periods Flashcards
Valued reliance on human emotions and natural senses to find meaning in life
Romanticism
Rise in various genres of criticism
Postmodernism
Transcendentalism that was considered the American Renaissance and was written to stray from the perceived limits of the neoclassical Age
Romanticism
Came as a response to the Puritan theism, and advanced a mor desist ideology where the common man was in control of his own wife
Neoclassical age
1945-present
Postmodernism
Writing took on more formal approach
Neoclassical age
1800-1860
Romanticism
Emphasis on journalistic writing about personal experiences and security in the wilderness
The Colonial periods
1750-1800
Neoclassical age
1600-1800
The Colonial periods
Adhered to the five basic tenets of Puritan religious life
The Colonial Period
Focused on how readers respond to the text
Modernism
Philosophical shift that placed God back in nature, especially landscape art
Romanticism
1915-1946
Modernism
Believed that the universe was divinely controlled by God, even the day to day experiences of life
The colonial periods
