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Literary Periods Flashcards

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An artistic attitude or shared characteristics during an era.

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Literary period.

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  • Pre 1620-1840
  • Celebrates the natural and spiritual worlds,
  • Oral tradition: Original authors & works are largely unknown.
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Native American Period

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  • 1620-1750

* Focuses on historical events, daily life, moral attitudes (Puritanism), political unrest.

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Colonial Period

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John Edwards: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”

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Colonial Period

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  • 1750-1815
  • Celebrates nationalism, patriotism, and examines what it means to be “American.”
  • Thomas Paine
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Thomas Jefferson
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Revolutionary Period & Nationalism

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*1800-1855
*Celebrates individualism, nature, imagination, and emotions.
Washington Irving - “The Legend of Sleepy Hallow.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne - “The Scarlet Letter.”

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Romanticism and Transcendentalism

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Father’s of Transcendentalism?

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Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.

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  • 1850-1900

* Examines realities of life, human frailty, and regional culture. (Local color)

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Realism

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Emily Dickinson and Mark Twain were writers of which Literary Period?

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Realism Era

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  • 1880-1940

* Views life as a set of natural laws to be discovered.

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Naturalism

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Theodore Dreiser and Jack London were writers of which era?

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Naturalism

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  • 1915-1945

* Themes of alienation, disconnectedness; experiments with new techniques, use of irony and understatement.

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Modern Period

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T.S. Elliot and F. Scott Fitzgerald were writers of which period?

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Modern Period

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  • Emancipation (free from influence)
  • Man is alone
  • Life is meaningless
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Modern General Information

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  • WWI
  • The Great Depression
  • WWII
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Modern Historical Events

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  • Fitzgerald Gatsby

- Frost’s Poetry

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Modern Writers and works.

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  • Alienation
  • Disappointment
  • Experiment
  • Frustration
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Modern Themes

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  • Verisimilitude (representing reality)
  • Man is flawed
  • Life is tough
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Realism General Information

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  • Civil War

- Emancipation Proclamation

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Realism Historical Events

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  • Twain’s Huckleberry Finn

- Douglass’ Narrative

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Realism Writers & Works

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  • Novels
  • Short stories
  • Slave narratives
  • Literature to change a specific social problem
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Realism Genre & Style

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  • Focus on ordinary people
  • Portrayal of human flaws
  • Survival
  • Fate
  • Nature as indifferent
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Realism Themes

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  • Emotion
  • Man is great
  • Life is wonderful
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Romantic General Information

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  • LA purchase

- CA gold rush

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Romantic Historical Events

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  • Hawthorne, short stories

- Poe, short stories and poetry

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Romantic Writers & Works

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  • Short stories
  • Poetry
  • Supernatural
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Romantic Genre & Style

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  • Imagination
  • Optimism
  • Power of Nature
  • Individual
  • Quest for beauty
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Romantic Themes

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  • Reason
  • Man is good
  • Life is logical, orderly, organized
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Revolutionary General Information

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  • American Revolution begins

- Singing of Declaration of Independence

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Revolutionary Historical Events

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  • Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence

- Paine’s Crisis

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Revolutionary Writers & Works

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  • Political pamphlets
  • Essays
  • Speeches
  • Instructive
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Revolutionary Genre & Style

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  • Age of Reason/Enlightenment (reason over faith)***
  • Freedom
  • Independence
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Revolutionary Themes

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  • Faith
  • Man is sinful
  • Life is a test
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Colonial General Information

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  • Columbus lands in Bahamas

- 1620 Mayflower Pilgrims travel to Plymouth, MA

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Colonial Historical Events

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  • Anne Bradstreet, poetry

- Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation

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Colonial Writers & Works

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  • Sermons
  • Diaries
  • Instructive
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Colonial Genre & Style

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  • Focus on spiritual

- Biblical supremacy

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Colonial Themes

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Colonial
*Revolutionary
Romanticism
Realism
Modern
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Order of Literary Periods

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