Ages of Literature Chart Flashcards
(32 cards)
What years did the age of faith take place in.
1640-1750
What was the name of the people in the age of faith
Puritans
Where did the Age of Faith originate
England
What were the age of faiths beliefs?
Sobriety, work ethnic, simplicity, temperance, divine providence
What 2 Historical events inspired the AOF
Salem witch trials and the great awakening
What types of writing came from the AOF
Journals and sermons
What were 2 famous writers of the AOF
An Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards
What was the belief about man in the AOF
Man is inherently evil
When did the age of reason take place?
1750-1800
What were people called during the age of reason?
Patriots
Where did the age of reason beliefs, originate from?
France
What did people during the age of reason believe in?
Natural rights, government should protect those rights
What two famous historical events inspired the Age of Reason
US revolutionary war, French revolution
What were two types of writing that came from the age of reason?
Articles and propaganda, speeches
Who are two famous writers during the age of reason
Thomas Jefferson, George, Washington
What was the belief about man during the age of reason?
Man is inherently good
What time? Period did romanticism take place?
1800 - 1880
What were people called during the romanticism times?
Fireside poets
Where did romanticism ideas originate from?
Germany
What did romanticism people believe in?
Death is glory, young men are good people, go out to nature, city is corruption
What’s 2 famous historical events inspired the romanticism time period.
Civil War, westward expansion
What were two types of writing that came from the romanticism times
Poetry, short stories
Who are two famous writers during the romanticism time period
Whitman, Irving
What were romanticism’s belief about man
Young man is good
