literary time periods Flashcards
a religious, social, and literary time period
puritansim
god based human activity
puritanism
grace and salvation
puritanism
religious based utopian society, built on democratic ideas
puritanism
work ethic
puritanism
thriftness
puritanism
plains, simplicit and directness
puritanism
puritan writers?
Broadstreet and Edwards
emphasis on the mundane logic as an answer for tyranny and irrationality
age of reason
emphasis on order, balance, symmetry
age of reason
emphasis on the fact and reality rather than feelings
age of reason
belief in human potential through the mind’s power
age of reason
emphasis on resistant and moderation
age of reason
belief in the possibility of a perfect logic-based society
age of reason
valuing of freedom of thought
age of reason
deep love of nature to the point of defying it (Pantheism)
romanticism
exulting the common man esp. shepards and farmer
romanticism
focus on self and the individual
romanticism
feelings are more important than facts; individual perspective more important than objective reality
romanticism
beliefs in the supernatural
romanticism
interest in the past and exotic setting
romanticism
imagination and powerful
romanticism
idealism and nationalism; highly democratic
romanticism
extreme version of Romanticism: the Gothic and it interests in death, decay, evil, self-absorption, and darkness
romanticism
Kant: I deal from exist in a reason beyond reason and experience
transcendentalism
through the act of intuition, any individual can achieve the level of transcendence
transcendentalism
emphasis in simple, thrifty living uncluttered by materialism
transcendentalism
close, spiritual contact with nature– as divine teacher/ comforter
transcendentalism
values deep emotion and imagination
transcendentalism
emphasis of self reliance, especially spiritual self reliance
transcendentalism
belief in all people’s image goodness; rejects the notion of original sin
transcendentalism
the dial, a transcendental magazine edited by Emerson and Margaret Fuller and featuring work by Thorea, very influential
transcendentalism
influenced by Whitman and Dickson
transcendentalism
presenting life as it is- no sugar coating
realsim
treatment of ordinary; even lower class and immoral characters
realsim
emphasis on the present rather than the past
realsim
less symbolic and metaphorical writing; more descriptive
realsim
emphasis in truth or “verisimilitude”
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emphasis on observable reality, the way it really is and not how the individual perceives it
realsim
more objective than subjective
realsim
Naturalism- extreme from which views man and animal are controlled by forces
naturalism
more powerful than be (Determinism) influenced by Darwin; man above;
naturalism
no God; only brotherhood of man can help in times of crisis; but seeks to improve man’s condition in the planet– very reform minded
naturalism
Regionalism- capturing a regions’s local color, dialect, and vivid description of specific regions; goal is to describe a region very realistically
naturalism
brea from the past; “make it new!” breaking of tradition
modernism
new forms, new subject matter, new artistic techniques
modernism
sense of fragmentation; society is broken, discontinued, fragmented
modernism
sense of disillusionment and loss of faith in the American Dream
modernism
belief in the flaws hero who show grace under pressure
modernism
fascination with the mind; stream of consciousness
modernism
more concerned with the internal
modernism
sense of alienation and oppression
modernism
loss of individuality in cold, mechanized materialistic world
modernism
fallibility of language to communicate
modernism
(1620-1750) 1st Godly
puritanism
(1750-1800) 2nd Emphasis on mind/logic
age of reason
(1800-1855) 3rd Deep love of nature
romanticism
(1830-1855) 4th Deep spiritual transcending of reality
transcendentalism
(1890-1910) 5th Presents life as it is
realism
(1890-1910) 6th Man is an animal
naturalism
(1910- 930) 7th Different from past/new art forms
modernism
