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Grandfather Rock
The Sioux people believe that all things that existed were once spirits. They were only meant to be spirits bu they roamed around trying to further manifest themselves. They went to the sun, but it was too hot, and they came to Earth, but there was nothing but water. Eventually, a giant rock arose, being hot, drying out the land and creating clouds, allowing the spirits to live on the dry land. This rock is the oldest one, so it is named Grandfather Rock. -
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Pueblo of Laguna Creation Story
Many Native American creation stories all consist of the same elements. They tell of how one spirit created all that is on Earth, and this spirit is usually a women. In the Pueblo of Laguna creation story, a woman called Thought Woman thought of everything around us, and named it as it appeared. This woman is also called Spider Woman, which is usually the female figure which created all in many creation stories told by different tribes. This story focuses on creation, as do most Native tales. -
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Old Man Coyote
This story tells of a coyote that gives up his knife to the elder spirits in return for food. The spirits award him with a buffalo later on in his journey, and the Coyote then goes back to get his knife to cut the buffalo, he returns with his knife, and only bones are where the buffalo was. The rock then chases the coyote, and through all efforts of tryin got get away, the coyote is crushed by the rock, because he cheated and lied to the elders and other animals. -
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Native American Literature
Native American's thrived thousands of years ago; long before there was a written language, and many tribes did not have a written language. Native American "literature" consisted of story telling, usually about their creation stories, or how spirits they believed in created the world around them. Their story telling dealt with spiritual themes mainly, and was centered around spirits, creation, and lessons that would teach their young how to act. -
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Skeleton Fixer
In this story, an old badger finds bones out in the wilderness, and puts them back together. This story says that beings never die, but are only seperated or fall apart. The badger puts all the bones back together, and a coyote jumps up and leaves. This expresses the Native's belief of the after life, and that a being never really dies, but will be put back together someday. The badger was creating life. Many stories center around animals carrying out spiritual actions. -
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The Two Sisters
In this story, two sisters fancied a young hunter. The young hunter eventually took more of a liking to the sister with the beautiful hair, rather than the one with normal hair. The normal hair sister got jealous, and called mice to their room to eat the other sister's hair off. After, the young hunter saw, but still came to visit that sister rather than the other one. Due to the tragedy of her hair being gone, the sisters moved, because somehting tragic happened where they once lived. -
Puritan Literature
Puritan literature focused mainly on religious issues. It was mostly poetry, or speeches given by sermons. They disproved of drama and plays because it didn't value religion in any way. Most poetry or Puritan literature dealt with how mankind perishes without God, or how sins are so deadly. It tried to get more people to become religious, and to believe in the Puritan faith. It focused on God being the savior. The writing style was plain, as to focus on the message behind the stories and writing -
Puritan, Upon a Fit of Sickness
In this poem Anne Bradstreet writes on a sickness that fell upon her. She explains how everything in the world must die, and it is God's will that it be done. She is writing about her inevitable death. She says it's a victory, because she'll get to go to heaven and be with God. Puritan literature was largely completely devoted to God. This was another example of how Pilgrim's praised God to the fullest extent. -
Of the Plymouth Plantation
In this novel, William Bradford writes of his journeys and trials in founding Plymouth. The book is in a very plain style, as most Puritan literature was, to express the simplicity of Pilgrims. The book tells of all the passengers, and what they did in the colony. Some Puritan literature was exactly this, expressing what life was like everyday for Pilgrims. Much of it expresses their devotion to God, and how they work to fulfil God's wants. -
Puritan, The Day of Doom
In this poem, Michael Wigglesworth writes ont he Day of Judgement. He expresses how sinners will be dragged down to hell, and the salvation people who follow God will obtain. This was another poem which expressed the fear of God, and how wrathful the sinner's fate will be. Puritan poems always had some ties to religion. -
Upon The Burning of our House
In this poem, Anne Bradstreet expresses how she feels when her house burns down. She says that it was God's will to burn down her house, so she has no reason to express lament. This shows how much god influenced literature, and how he was praised in all pieces of literature that were written. -
Enlightenment, Some Thoughts Concerning Education
A book written by ne of the most inspirational Enlightenment philosopher's John Locke, this book was translated into many different languages. It was Locke's ideas on the proper educating of gentlemen. This book included values of reason and logic, and not many topics of religion. This book expressed the thoughts of the Enlightenment, because education was now looked at as knowledge of science and morals. -
American Enlightenment Literature
The Enlightenment was also dubbed, the Age of Reason. Pertaining to this name, literature shifted focus from religion, to such things as science and thought. Important authors during this time were Benjamin Franklin, and Isaac Newton. Literature during the Enlightenment focused on ideas. New ideas and theories came about, about the human mind and capability, it was an age of mental expansion. Literature helped breed this intelligence and growth, because it spread many reasonable ideas. -
Enlightenmt, Poor Richard's Almanac
Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac was one of the most popular pieces of literature produced during the Enlightnment. The book went through a fictional character's life, and taught moral lessons through them. The purpose of this book was to teach common people lessons and manners. It wasn't about religion, but about the well-being of people's lives. It was a book focused on morals, and that was what the Enlightenment highlighted. -
Enlightenment, Methods of Fluxions
In this book, Sir Isaac Newton published his theories and discoveries on differential calculus. The fact that this book was published was due to Enlightened thinking. It was written many years before, but published during this time due to the heightened interest ins cience and things of the same nature. It was a book about math, and had nothing to do with religion, and this was also a key point of the Enlightenment. -
Enlightenment, A Treatise of Human Nature
David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature is a book which introduces reasoning into morals. It's a book devoted to understanding human thoughts and morals, and trying to define these morals and add reasoning ot them, as to perfect them. It's another book about deeper human thought, and the science of the mind, and not religion. It's an attempt to understand subjects that were given no thought before. -
Puritan, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
In this sermon, Jonathan Edwards preaches the fearful wrath of hell. The purpose of this sermon is to scare people into doing the will of God. It speaks of the terrible horrors of hell, and persuades people to alleviate themselves of sins. This piece of literature also expresses how much religion and God influenced the subject matter of pieces of literature. It expresses the fear of hell, and how much God was pushed in literature. -
Romanticism
Romanticism was a focus on human emotion and imagination. It was largely a rebellion against The Enlightenment, and the new social structure and rules. It was focusing on the artist's emotions, and the picture they wanted to paint. It conveyed imagination, and was a huge shift away from science, in which the previous time period of literature focused on. Romanticism was a rebellion against normality, and brought back focus on human emotion, rather than reason and science. -
Gothic Fiction
Gothic Fiction is a literary movement created with the author Horace Walpol with his novel The Castle of Otranto. The genre includes includes spects of horror mixed with tales of romance and love. It is named after the buildings it usually took place in, which are Gothic style; such as Dracula, and the works of Edgar Allen Poe. Gothic Fiction insights fear in the reader's heart, but at the same time gives hope of romance, as well as showing love can exist in even the darkest of places. -
Gothic Fiction, The Castle of Otranto
This novel by Horace Walple is regarded as the first published work of gothic fiction. It's the tale of a son who dies of a curse, and his father who quests to marry the woman and continue his family's line. The woman escapes, and it's a long tale of multiple people trying to get her. In the end, a peasant wins her heart, because they have both lost what's dearest to them. This book has romance, and grief from relics lost. It has horror and supense, which are essential in gothic fiction. -
Enlightenment, Common Sense
Thomas Paine write this pamphlet in response to Great Britain treatong America badly. It was a piece of work challenging the rule of Great Britain, written in plain language. It used logic and common sense to show that Great Britain was mistreating America. The Enlightenment also caused an uprise in politics, and questions to how the country was ruled. This pamphlet is the epitome of political questioning and rejecting. -
Romanticism, I Wandered as Lonely as a Cloud
This poem by William Wordsworth is written in lyrical style, a popular poetry style in the romanticism period. It contains rhymes and flow, and sounds pretty to the ear. That was how most romantic poems were, they caused a relaxation, and enjoyment when read. The poem describes a field of daffodils, and how beautiful they are. The poem is only to describe beauty, and that was a main purpose of romantic poetry. -
Romanticism, Cradle Song
This song by William Blake also has the lyrical style of the romanticism period. It is a simple song to sing to a child while they fall asleep. It sounds beautiful, and is written in flowing, rhyming language. This expresses the romantic style, because it has no deeper meaning, but only serves to sound pretty. -
Romanticism, Ozymandias
This poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley writes of a tale an old merchant told a girl. There are sculptures in the desert, but only one remains, and it's entitled "Ozymandias, King of Kings!" Nothing is around it but bare desert. The poem is written with fancy style, and holds no apparent moral value. It's another example of freedom of expression for authors, because it's about a fictional story she made up. -
Gothic Fiction, Frankenstein
Mary Shelley wrote this classic gothic fiction book. This is one of the most memorable pieces of literature form this time. A monster is made in this book, who is shunned and horrible. The monster eventually wants love, and threatens his creator to make him a wife. The scientist refuses, and the monster kills his friend and wife. Gothic fiction always contains romance. in this example, romance was the cause of the horror and dispair. Classic gothic fiction tale. -
Trancendentalism Literature
Trancendentalism literature focused on the soul, and achieving knowledge through a spiritual journey. It challenged almost all religions, and largely came about in retaliation to religion. The literature expressed thoughts and a new way to understand knowledge, and what they believed to be the truth. It was a philosophical movement in literature, many of its works focused on existence and the meaning of it. -
Transcendentalist, Nature
In this essay, Ralph Waldo Emerson explains the beauty of nature. Transcendentalists laregely believed the true characteristics of the world could be revealed through the study of nature. Emerson writes of a new way to appreciate nature, and shows how high of a regard he holds it. This is fitting to transcendentalist belief, and shows how literature during this time expressed their beliefs, and showed new ways to think and appreciate what is essential in life. -
Transcendentalism, A Maiden Sat Beneath a Tree
In this poem, Margaret Fuller tells the story of a maiden who wept beneath a tree, and was taken in by a hunter. The hunter then left, and the woman knew all along the man wasn't for her. A large part of the transcendentalist movement was feminism, and Fuller was at the forefront of this movement. This poem shows how women are treated, and largely what fault of their own contributes to this treatment. The transcendentalist feminine movement revealed truth through literature such as this poem. -
Gothic Fiction, The Black Cat
This short story by Edgar Allen Poe has traces of love and horror, which is the epitome of gothic fiction. A man kills a Black Cat, which then comes back, and drives him mad to where he kills his own wife for stopping him, and is caught and killed. Manh gothic fiction stories contain murder, and a underlying love story, and The Black Cat contains all of these elements. -
Gothic Fiction, Hop Frog
Edgar Allan Poe wrote Hop Frog, which contains the same gothic fiction elements as The Black Cat. It's about an outkast who falls in love with a princess, but isn't allowed in the kingdom because he is so different. He then kills everyone in the kingdom, and lives happily ever after with the princess. Some gothic fiction has a happy ending after the murder and horror. This was another key plot point in gothic ficiton. -
Transcendentalist, Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreu was on of the leading transcendentalists, and his essay Civil Disobedience has influenced Ghandi and Martin Luther King. It was an essay about the government, and how it shouldn't be allowed to rule our conscience minds. It was a rebellion against government, and encouraged an individual's own thinking, and encouraged ot not be controlled. This was the transcendentalist nature, self-rule, conscience minds, and to not let the government rule our knowledge and thought. -
Romanticism, The Scarlet Letter
This book by Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the most revered works from this literature time period. It is written in the same stylized manner as most poems and novels from this time, and explains the story of a young woman who committed adultery. The story content shows what was written about during this time period, fictional stories which had no real moral or lession or religious content. It was free expression, and whatever the author wanted to talk about. -
Realism
Realism in literature was a step away from romanticism, and literature that focused on philosophy and reality. Realism focused on real life, and the true relationships in nature. It went into detail in depth about nature, and subjects. It tried to recreate moments in life and reality, with no biased and no added emotions. It caught the true essence of real life. -
Romanticism, 1861
The poem 1861 was written by Walt Whitman, a forefront in romanticism literature. The poem is expressing the horror of the year 1861, which was the year America was in the Civil War. It speaks of how nobody is learning in schools, or making music on pianos. The poem is written in such a complete stylistic way, and expresses romantic actions that used to be taken, but aren't anymore. The poem is written in romantic style, with flowy and intricate words, as well as stylized form. -
Realism, Those Annual Bills
Mark Twain wrote this poem to express his feelings on the annual bills he must pay. He wrote about them with discorn and disgust! He wrote in a humorous way however. Many people felt thi sway about bills, and the subject matter of the poem being so common expressed a realist style. The poem was realist because it wrote about a simple, every-day subject. -
Realism, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain was a very popular realist writer. He wrote the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer which is still enjoyed by thousands today. This book describes a young boy's life in the country. It tells of his travels and various tasks he does. This also fit in the realist style because it only told of aboy and his travels. Realist literature recreated real life experiences through fictional characters, Mark Twain did this but added humor. People could connect with these stories. -
Naturalism
Naturalism included heavy elements of realism. It also looked to creat a real, everyday, believable environment, but the focus of naturalism was different. Realism looked to create everyday interactions and environments, Naturalism focused on what shaped human nature. Naturalistic beliefs stated that a person's social and hereditary environment shaped one's character. Realism only stated what nature is, naturalism looked to determine what shapes this nature. It lasted until the 1940's. -
Regionalism, In the Tennessee Mountains
This memoir about Charles Egbert Craddock speaks of his trip through the Tennessee mountains. He expresses them as a ruggid place, and expresses them in complete detail. Like all regionalistic literature, it describes a certain place to reveal all aspects, such as the people and setting. This does this well with the Tennessee Mountains. -
Transcendentalist, Because I Could Not Stop for Death
This poem by Emily Dickinson explains her thoughts on death. It shows a willingness, and acception of death. It shows an appreciation for assets in life usually passed over and never thought of. Transcendentalists usually appreciated the parts of life that were never thought of, this poem does this well. It shows how time is never even thought of, but passes quickly. It analyzes institutions in life in a way that nobody would, and this is the transcendentalist nature. -
Realism, Living
Living is a poem written by William Dean Howells, about the attitude of most people towards living. It talks about how humans are so willing ot throw their life away for change with no regret. This explains the real life of human emotions, more so than human interactions. Nonetheless, it is in the realist style by explaining real life emotions. -
Gothic Fiction, Dracula
Dracula is another classic story in the literature period of Gothic Fiction which is still revered today. It's the story of a real estate agent who is invited to Dracula's castle to buy real estate in England for him. The agent finds out he is a vampire, and leaves the castle. It evenetually turns into an all out search for him, and the agent's wife is almost killed by Dracula, but Dracula is killed and the wife is saved, and they live happily ever after. The story has murder and romance. -
Realism, The Ambassadors
This novel by Henry James is the trip of a man who's mission is to return the son of a wealthy family back ot his home. He ventures through England to Paris and the book tells of his travels. The book is written in such a way that his experiences are described in detail, and the experiences he goes through are real. The point of realism was to describe real life, and real events. This book did this through the tales of a man and the description of his journeys. -
Imagism, In a Station of the Metro
Ezra Pund wrote this poem, as he was one of the leading imagists, and this poem is one of the most prominent imagist poems around. It has 14 words, and expresses the different faces seen in a train station all blend together. It uses the most minimul, and plain language possible, and it expresses every aspect of imagist poetry. It focuses on the power of a few words, to express a lot. -
Imagist, The Letter
This poem by Amy Lowell speaks of how romance is represented by a letter. How her emotions are put in this letter. She has a deeper meaning, and expresses themes of romance, and again, with simple language. She doesn't use intricate words, but uses the most bare version of the word to get her message across. A true imagist style. -
Imagism, The Poplar
Richard Aldington wrote this poem describing a Poplar tree. It uses plain language and personification to beautify this tree. It paints an image with a plain style of words. The imagist poetry style has these elements as well. Painting a vivid picture in a simple way. -
Imagism, Illicit
D.H. Lawrence wrote a poem about her lover and memories of her. It's a romantic subject matter, which most imagist poetry seems to be about, and it's also written in a plain style. The language is simple, there is no lyrical format, and there is no rhyme. It is simple, to the point prose. That is the epitome of imagism poetry. -
Imagism
The movement was also in retaliation of the style of Romanticism. This movement was lead by Ezra Pound, and it consisted largely of poetry instead of novels and books. The messages being presented were not changed, but this movement greatly changed the style of writing of poetry. Imagism used direct words and verse, there was no flowy or decorative words, but it went straight to the point. It was a poetry of prose and the common man. It was completely free, of style and message. -
Transcendentalism, Beauty
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote this short poem to explain the beauty of life. The ending note says, it's more fitting to die for beauty, than to live for bread. This shows the transcendentalist anti-conformist nature. They were completely against the government, and working for money, because they believed there were mroe important aspects in life. This poem shows that beauty is everywhere, and it's more important than working for money and bread. -
Regionalism
Regionalism was a time in lierature which focused on the nature, landscape, and characterstics of a specific area. A branch of realism, it looked to reveal the aspects of a certain land or region it chose to depict. It included stories set in the place of their choosing, and throughout the story it would reveal traits of the land and the people that lived there.It also looked to show the relationship of the aspects of the region and how they worked together. -
Modernism, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
This song by T.S. Eliot expresses the sorrow of a normal man of that time in America. It speaks of lonely hotel rooms, and arguments with a significant other. This is modern because it expresses life of America after the war. A large part of modernism is expressing the ways of life that were modern at that time. -
Modernism, The Wasteland
This short story by T.S. Eliot expresses an individuals depressing life in the decline of America as a civilization. It is modern because it shows the depression America was in after the war. It also shows the effects it had on the population of America. It's the story of many Americans who were hit hard by the war, and went through a dark and horrorible life after the war. It speaks of the mental breakdowns individuals went through in America, and that is modernism. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement of African Americans centered in Harlem, New York. This movement was headed by African American writers, such as Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen. During this time, black intellectuals were on the rise, and literary discussions took place, and when an editor encouraged black writers to publish, the Harlem Renaissance began. This movement brought to light African American culture, characteristics, and the life of black people all over the world. -
Modernism, The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most revered modernist works of literature. It is an attempt to clind to happiness after the war. It shows of how the world was in the 1920's. It tells a fictional story of romance and deception, but depects American lifestyle in a very descreptive way, which was a large part of modernist literature. -
Harlem Renaissance, At Apri
This poem by Angelina Grimke tells of the rejoice African
Americans get when it is April. They don't have to work in April, so they dance and rejoice. This shows how African Americans felt when they finally got a break. It's Harlem Renaissance because it shows how African Americans felt when they didn't work. They always had to work, so when they got a break, they were os happy they danced. It expressed black culture, and that's Harlem Renaissance literature. -
Harlem Renaissance, A Brown Girl Dead
A Brown Girl Dead tells of the funeral of a black girl. It tells of how her mother pawned her ring to dress her in white. This shows the poverty of African Americans during the time, but how they cared the same as everyone else. It shows the struggles they had to go through because of white people. This fits Harlem Renaissance literature because it's a poem that reveals the struggles of African Americans in the USA. -
Modernism, A Room of One's Own
In this short story, Virginia Woolf explains how a woman author must live on her own. She must have her own room, so she can express herself. This shows another major characteristic of American society at the time, a rising women's right movement. Modernism expressed American society of the 1920's and 1930's, and women's rights were huge. This is a modernist piece of literature because it shows this American staple. -
Modernism, How Beastly the Bourgeois Is
This short story by D.H. Lawrence explains the true nature of the middle class of America. It explains them as a horrible people, who are greedy and conniving. This shows the nature of people after the war. People would do anything they could just to get money because times were incredibly depressing during this time. This is true modernism because it shows the nature of society during the literature period, and is written in a stylized manner. -
Modernism
Modernism is a break in literature, when all focus and meaning shifted. The way the world was looked at changed completely, and the types of literature and writing being produced reflected this. The movement came about from life changing events, one of which was the first world war. It was a period of time where people questioned the reason of life, because times were depressing. Pieces of literature often questioned the reason of events and staples in life. Self expression was encouraged. -
Harlem Renaissance, Oblivion
This poem by Jessie Fauset tells of his want to die in a tomb that is neglected. He wants to die alone, to enjoy it in complete solitude. This want stems from the constant hindrance on African Americans in society. The constant racism and abuse they go through, the constant hate and put downs. He wants to die alone, because that's the only place he can go unbothered. This shows the hard times African Americans went through, and the effects on them. -
Harlem Renaissance, Incident
This poem by Countee Cull tells of an incident when he was small. He smiled at a white male, and he only sneered back and called him "Nigger." This was his most prominent memory. This shows how impactful racism really is on African Americans. This is the eptiome of the constant abuse African Americans go through. It's Harlem Renaissance literature because it tells of the abuse African Americans go through. -
Realism, Roman Fever
This short story writtwn by Edith Wharton is the tale of two old friends who went to Rome, and eventually one told of the deception she put the other through. It's a classic tale of romance and deception of friends, which happens often in real life. It painted the real picture of this relationship, and made it believable. That is the realist nature, and the story fit to it. -
Harlem Renaissance, Southern Mansion
This poem written by Arna Bontemps describes, in a stylized way, the despair of slavery and the plantations it was held on. It speaks of the ghosts traveling the mansion, whoa re slaves killed by over-working. This is Harlem Renaissance literature because it tells of the past of African Americans. It tells of the horrible past of slavery, and what the slaves went through. The telling of African American history is what classifies HArlem Renaissance literature. -
Contemporary Literature
Contemporary literature is a broad term encompassing all literature from roughly around the ending of WWII, to present day. It is not a certain style of literature, but is really defined by all works that are produced now. It ranges from serious, dramatic novels, to humorous, fictional books. Contemporary literature conveys all different messages and is written in all different styles. This term even includes works from different countries, however, it is usually an American style of writing. -
Naturalism, Death of a Naturalist
In this poem Seamus Heaney describes a trip to the pond he took as a young boy. He saw many frogs, and described them in detail. He compared these frogs as humans, and expressed their behavior as militiristic. He then goes back to the pond and is threatened by the frogs and flees, losing interest in nature. This poem describes the deadly side of nature, as well as the beautiful side. Nature can be threatening, so much so as to make a small boy flee from it. This poem shows nature from all views. -
Naturalism, Sweeney's Last Poem
This poem describes the preference of nature over common society occurances. It describes nature in wondorous detail, and admires it. As it expresses occurances in society as bothersome and unwanted. The naturalist nature is to want nature over society, and this poem shows reverence towards nature's occurances over society's. -
Regionalism, Small Town
Small Town is a song by John Mellencamp, describing his experiences in a small town. It picks a generalization og place, such as small towns, and he describes the characteristics of the people and the town itself. He talks about people all knowing each other, and whole family generations living there. He educates on small towns, which is another example of regionalistic literature. -
Naturalism, The Black Rhino
in this poem, Ted Hughes explains a black rhino in artistic depth. He makes the rhino seem as if it's a majectic creature, which should be marveled at. It glorifies the animal, and this is also a characteristic of naturalism. It not only hypes nature and beautifies it, but it also beautifies animals. This beautifies the rhino perfectly. -
Naturalism, Nothing
This poem by Linda Hogan shows how observations from nature can be implied to real life relationships. The poet observes a bear, and how they relate to a man. How the bear leaves as many men in her life do as well. This poem takes nature and applies it to her real life, and that is a tendency of naturilistic poetry. -
Naturalism, Trees
This poem by Galway Kinnell describes a woodpecker in detail. Describing it's pecking as a job it must do, and it does it with skill. He describes it's appearance in detail, and makes it seem beautiful. Most people wouldn't give a woodpecker a second glance, but this poem makes it seem like a gorgeous sight. That's what naturalistic poems do, and this one did it with a bird. -
Regionalism, Martinborough
This poem, also written by Gregory O'Brien, describes a region, but it's not a specific place, it's a specific time. It's describes the 20th century as a place, telling of the traits of this time, and how it will be abandoned once the century is over. It brings a person back to the joys of this century, and saddens them because it will be gone. -
Imagism, Difficulty Isn't Impossibility
Funom Makama wrote this poem in imagist style. It's a poem to convey the theme that difficult actions, are not impossible. It's saying to strive to be successful in life, because nothing is impossible. It converys a moral message, but the style is plain. It's written in staright-forward language, with no rhyme or lyrical style. That's why the poem is imagist, due to the simple and plain language. -
Contemporary, Nine Inch Nails
This biography by Tommy Udo goes through the musical genius, Trent Reznor's life and how his band, Nine Inch Nails, came to be what it is today. It's solely a biography, and has no lessons to be taught, but telling the story of a band's rise to fame. This is contemporary because it fits the wide and vast subject matter included in contemporary literature. It's not a specific style or type, and many contemporary books are on the lives of artists or bands, or specific people. -
Contemporary, How to Rule the World
This book by Andre De Guillaume gives instructions on how to be a dictator. It's another book with humorous intent, like that of The Zen of Zombie. It gives instructions on what to do to become a dictator, and how to rule the world once you have achieved this power. The book gives only fictional and non-serious lessons, it's not meant to make people into dictators, but to be humourous, that's why it fills the contemporary criteria. -
Contemporary, Stupid White Men
Michael Moore's New York Times bestseller is about how the mean who run our nation don't do a very good job at doing so. It's a book about the flaws and follies of our government and the people we elect to run it. This book fits the contemporary category, because sometimes contemporary literature does have serious subject matter. Contemporary literature can be about real institutions, and give serious criticism. The book is humorous as well though, so even more so fills the contemporary category -
Regionalism, Reading Italian Poetry at Waihi Beach
This poem describes a beach, and the sights Gregory O'Brien sees. It tells of the quails and acorns on the beach. You feel as if you're lying on the beach. Regionalistic poetry makes you feel as if you're at the place. Regionalistic poetry, as this one, describes a landscape in detail. -
Regionalism, Silver Geletin Print, Russel, Bay of Islands
This poem by Gregory O'Brien describes a wharf he traveled to. It tells of how desolate it is. He tells of what is there, it makes you feel as if you are in this cold, empty wharf, with but only one fish in the sea. This is what regionalistic poetry does. It should mak you feel as if you are in the place it describes, and shows the characteristics of a specific place. -
Contemporary, Zen of the Zombie
Scott Kenemore wrote this book with humorous intent. It's a book that exaplins how to achieve full peace by acting like a zombie. It's contemporary because it fills the humor criteria. Contemporary books are about anything, and often have no serious intent or morals to be taught. This book is very humorous, and it's not meant to be taken seriously, that's why it's a contemporary book. -
Contemporary, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
This book by Stieh Larsson is a suspenseful thriller. It includes murder and crime, as well as fear and happiness. It's a thriller with a fictional plot line. This is also included in contemporary literature. Crime books have become popular, with twisting plots and suspenseful events. This is a staple in contemporary literature, and this book is a much more risky version of these crime books, making it contemporary.
