American Literary Movements

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    Enlightenment

    Enlightenment The Englightenment was a celebration of ideas. Even though the church was important in people's lives it didn't control them as much during this time period. In America people were starting to come up with their own ideas and not follow the church as much. "Enlightenment thinkers believed that the advances of science and industry heralded a new age of egalitarianism and progress for humankind."
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    Age of Faith

    The Age of Faith During this time period it was also called the Puritan time period because many of the writers were influenced by Puritanism.

  • Harvard was made

    Creation of Harvard Harvard, the best school in America was created in 1636.

  • Isaac Newton's important discovery!

    Isaac Newton
    Isaac newton released a book called "Principia" and it's the foundation of the entire science of Physics.

  • Jonathon Edwards Writes a major work to scare people

    Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathon Edwards wrote this piece of work to scare people not to disobey God or the church.
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    Age of Reason

    Age of Reason During this time period people began to question themselves whether or not to go with their own beliefs or the churches.

  • Signing of the Declaration

    Declaration of Independence When the Declaration was signed. America told the British that we can take care of ourselves now.

  • Thomas paine writes the Age of Reason

    Age of Reason was written When Thomas Paine was sent to prison in Paris he decided to write a book called the Age of Reason to share with the people.

  • Thomas Jefferson gets elected

    Thomas Jefferson
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    Romanticisim

    Romanticisim The Romanticisim period was alot of competing philosophies, agendas, and points of interest.

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote Nature

    Nature
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    The Transcendentalists

    Trancendentalism During this time Trancendentalist believed that you could acquire things not only through internal senses but through intuition and contemplation of the internal spirit.

  • Edgar Allen Poe writes "The Raven"

    The Raven

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter This story is about a woman who commits Adultery and she has to wear and "A" on her bussom for it.

  • American Renaissance

    American Renaissance

  • Herman Melville writes Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe writes "Uncle Toms Cabin"

    Uncle Toms Cabin

  • Walt Whitman writes "Leaves of Grass"

    Leaves of Grass

  • Civil War

    Civil War

  • Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
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    Realism

    Realsim This is a time when people officially started going with scientific beliefs and their own instead of going with religious views.
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    Naturalism

    Naturalism Naturalism was a time period used to figure out why people had their beliefs and actions.

  • Mark Twain writes "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

    Tom Sawyer

  • Jack London writes "Call of the wild"

    Call of the wild

  • World War I

    World War
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    Modernism

    Modernism This was a time where Individualism and Experimentation was a virtue whereas in the past it was discouraged.

  • T.S Eliot wrote "Prufrock and Other Observations"

    T.s Eliot
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    The Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance This was a time of African American artistic creativity in Harlem.

  • Zora Neale Hurston wrote "Their eyes were watching god"

    Zora

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby"

    The Great Gatsby
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    Contemporary Literature

    Modern During this time people's ideas of everything changed and so did the literature. We changed from old literature to modern literature today.

  • World War II

    WWII

  • J.D Salinger wrote "The Catcher in the Rye"

    Catcher