Literary Movements Flashcards
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American Romanticism Dates
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1840-1865
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American Romanticism was influenced by…
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Romantic poetry (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Byron)
3
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American Romanticism authors included…
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Thoreau, Hawthorne, Emerson, Melville, Poe, and Dickinson
4
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American Romantic Values (6)
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- Imagination over facts
- Love of nature
- Sympathetic interest in the past
- Individualism
- Mysticism
- Desire for transcendence
5
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American Literary Realism Dates
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1865-1910
6
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American Literary Realism was a response to…(3)
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- Industrialization and urbanization
- “Survival of the fittest” socioeconomic climate
- Sense of American identity
7
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American Literary Realism Features (3)
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- Accurate depiction of middle class
- Regionalism
- Exposure and reform of social issues
8
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American Literary Realism authors included…
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Cable and Gilman
9
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Modernism Dates
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1914-1950
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Modernism Features (6)
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- Response to disillusionment from WWI
- Experimental
- Influenced by Freud and Einstein
- Uses “stream of consciousness”
- Uses symbols and myth
- Open or ambiguous endings
11
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Modernism Themes (5)
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- Questioning reality
- Critique of traditional values
- Loss of hope and meaning
- Isolation
- Failure of communication
12
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Modernism authors include…
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Kafka
13
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Existentialism Time Period
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20th century
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Existentialism Values (4)
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- Uniqueness and isolation of individual
- Hostile, indifferent universe
- Values freedom and responsibility
- Dignity comes from acceptance of despair and anguish
