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Period: Sep 27, 1472 to
puritanism
-believed in modesty, working hard, and religious devotion
-wrote diaries, sermons, poems, histories, and journals
-themes: idealism and pragmaticism
-writings were strongly influenced by puritan ideals and values -
To My Dear and Loving Husband
A poem by Anne Bradstreet -
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The Great Awakening
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
A sermon by Jonathan Edwards -
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rationalism
-believed people were able to perfect themselves through good works and self effort
-reason and logic became more important than religion
-emphasis on self-knowledge and self-control
-freedom from restrictive laws -
Speech to Virginia Convention
Famous speech given by Patrick Henry, ending with "Give me liberty, or give me death!" -
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American Revolutionary War
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Declaration of Independence
written by Thomas Jefferson -
The American Crisis
Pamphlet series by Thomas Paine -
Speech in the Convention
Speech written by Benjamin Franklin, given to the Constitutional Convention prior to signing The Constitution. -
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romanticism
-focused on fancy, imagination, emotion, nature, individuality, and exotica
-concerned with the individual more than with society
-two faces: one bright and optimistic, and one dark and evil -
Nature
An essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published anonymously. -
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Naturalism
Naturalism is a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail. -
The Raven
A short narrative by Edgar Allan Poe -
The Scarlet Letter
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne -
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Regionalism
Regionalism is where authors write about specific geographical areas. Some authors wrote about the distinct culture of an area that included its speech, customs, beliefs, and history. -
Walden
The book by Henry David Thoreau. -
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Realism
Realism is the presentation in art of the details of actual life. Realists did not like Romanticism, rejectong heroic, adventurous, unusual and unfamiliar subjects because they tried to write truthfully and objectively about ordinary characters in ordinary situations. -
Mark Twain
The Adv. of Huck Finn, novel -
Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage, novel, war -
Kate Chopin
The Awakening, novel, heavily influenced by the local color genre -
Jack London
Call of The Wild, novel, adventure story -
Willa Cather
A Wagner Matinee -
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
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We Wear the Mask by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
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Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance being at the same time as Modernism is about the African American expierience (sounds and emotions) of the new urban life and talked about civil rights and movements. -
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Modernism
Authors wrote about a majority of different themes in this period but focused mainly on disillusionment and how the American Dream died with the war from the extensive deaths occured. -
The Wasteland by T.S. Elliot
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying, novel, heroic narative, comedy, tradegy -
Their eyes were watching god by Zora Neale Hurston
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
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Native Son by Richard Wright
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Eudora Welty
A Worn Path, short story -
I, Too by Langston Hughes
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Postmodernism
This period was also called the "Silent Generation" because the war was over so everyone wanted a calm and quiet living. All the themes were new modern technological themes. -
Catcher In the Rye by J.D. Salinger
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The Roa Not Taken by Robert Frost
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller
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Old Age Sticks by ee cummings
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Harper Lee
To Kill A Mockingbird, novel, drama -
Beloved Toni Morrison
