The Continental Nation (1865-1900): The ideas of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer undermined the supernaturalistic basis of American morality. Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Roughing It, Life on the Mississippi, The Man Corrupted Handleyburg. Emily Dickinson: Wrote 1,775 poems, nearly a poem a day for the Read more…
I *Hero Initiation* Comes from partially divine background; Character might not fit in; to advance he has to prove himself Morally Ambiguous – Not perfect and easily to relate with Hero dies to be a martyr, a legend; Creates empathy (We feel along with everyone else and share the same Read more…
The periods of American literature are listed below: – Exploration Period and Colonial Period to 1776 – Revolutionary Period 1776 to 1787 – National Period 1787 to 1820 – Romantic Period 1820 to 1860 – Realism Period 1860 to 1914 – Modernism Period 1914 to the end of World War Read more…
Naturalism application of Darwinism to literature Naturalism extreme form of Realism but with evolution as its base Naturalists had a distorted view of life, reality, and nature Emile Zola a major influence of the Naturalist Era the novel the popular genre of naturalism Darwinism man evolved from animals/nonexistance of God/ Read more…
James whitcomb riley Wrote ” the frost is on the pumpkin” , also known for hossher poets Edwinmarkham Wrote “outwitted” R.G. Lee Preached ” evolution” Jonathan Edward Preached ” sinners in the hands of an angry God “ Lora E Richard Wrote ” eletelephony” Sidney Lanier Wrote song of chattahoochee Read more…
atrophy (v.) to waste away or fail to develop. efficacy (n.) the power to bring about the desired result; effectiveness. [efficacious (adj.)] emolument (n.) salary or fees for work done; compensation. icon (n.) a religious painting, especially one revered by the Eastern Christian churches. a symbol or image whose form Read more…
wrote “The General History of Virginia.” John Smith wrote “The History of the Dividing Line.” William Byrd wrote “Of Plymouth Plantation.” William Bradford wrote “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Jonathan Edwards part of the Great Awakening Jonathan Edwards was elected governor of Plymouth 30+ times William Bradford Read more…
Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) 1835-1910, San Francisco Circle, Local Color, “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” Writing with Sarcasm/Irony Bret Harte 1836-1902, San Francisco Circle, Local Color/Regionalism, “The Luck Of Roaring Camp,” Ambrose Bierce 1842-2914?, San Francisco Circle, Local Color, Naturalism, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” Fought Read more…
Modernism A style in which the story focuses on the problems of the society around the characters. It can also focus on the details of the surroundings -Disjunction -Fragmentation -Alienation Popular Modernism -Populist modernism -Sympathy for the commin mam Harlem Renaissance A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in Read more…
How old was Equiano when he was kidnapped? 11 Equiano records he was born in what African country? Nigeria After being shipped to Barbados, he was sent to __________________? Virginia How old was Equiano when he first arrived in England? 12 Equiano became involved in the movement to abolish slavery. Read more…
regionalism literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting and that reproduces the speech, behavior, and attitudes of the people who live in that region. local color A term applied to fiction which tends to place special emphasis on a particular setting including its customs, clothing,dialect, and landscape. (A.K.A. Regionalism) time Read more…
to teach and to delight One of the driving questions of the Modernist period: what is the function of literature. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse Founded in 1913 by Harriet Monroe. Aided many modern poets such as, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Ezra Pound, and T. S. Eliot. Promised to introduce Read more…
1. “Shovel them under and let me work.” 2. life’s troubles 3. build a barrier between people 4. awe 5. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself” 6. Although enticing, fame does not last and often leaves people hurt. 7. nostalgia 8. The speaker intends to have equality someday. 9. “Sorrow Read more…
The Crucible – written by Arthur Miller – Set in the village of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 – during the events of the Witch Trials – an analogy of 1950s McCarthyism Letters from an American Farmer – written by John De Crevecoeur in 1782 – series of letters from a Read more…
1.) Encounter with the “new reality” of the New World – paradise/hell (?) – American “word of nature” – result: self-reliance, pursuing happiness in nature 2.) Religious dissent – seeking spiritual freedom in America – America = their promised land, their New Jerusalem, their City on the Hill (intertextuality → Read more…
Native American Period, pre -1620-1840 oral tradition of song and stories. Any written literature is an account of these songs and stories. Focuses on the natural world and the sacred world and the importance of land and place. Colonial Period, 1620-1750 Literature of this period reflects the religious influence of Read more…
Horatio Alger New-Englander, wrote juvenile fiction. believed that a poor boy could achieve success and wealth through virtue, honesty, hard-work, and bravery; said that there is always room at the top Walt Whitman poet, wrote “O Captain! My Captain” and “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” about Lincoln’s assasination Read more…
Phillis Wheatley Was North America’s first published African-American poet and second published woman On Being Brought from Africa to America Phyllis Wheatley To His Excellency General Washington Phyllis Wheatley Washington Irving Writes about nature in a very detailed way Washington Irving Romantic style of writing (pertaining to nature) Rip Van Read more…
unconscience having temporarily lost awareness; in a faint depths the deepest areas ancestors people from whom other people descend protruded stuck out exquisite very beautiful, delicate, carefully wrought afflicition something causing pain or suffering indications signs; things that point out or signify Abundance a great supply; more than enough pilfer Read more…
What was the name of the main character in the cop and the Anthem Soapy Who wrote the pit and the pendulum Edgar Allan Poe What was the pen name of William Sidney porter O Henry Who wrote the town poor Sarah Jewett In the town poor whom did mrs Read more…