Movements of American Literature A study of the history of reading and writing. Ms. Shellenberger

Movements of American Literature

A study of the history of reading and writing.

Ms. Shellenberger

Objectives…Students will study and understand the

importance of the different literary trends and how each style affects modern day literature.

Students will gain a historical perspective of America through literature.

Students will use this information to analyze, understand, and critique textual characteristics.

The Beginnings to 17601. ______________

1. Freedom of ____________

2. Ideas that influenced writing

a. __________________

b. __________________

c. __________________

3. Ended?

a. Focus changed to _______________________

________________________________________

b. Freedom from _________________________

Anne Bradstreet

Jonathan Edwards

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1760-18002. _______________________

________________ ________________ Independence from

_________________ Self management ________________ Ethics ________________ Moderation ________________Benjamin Franklin

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The ___________________occurred during the Age of Reason

Fought with… Until…______ The Constitution-1776 ______ Growth of _____& ____________ Feelings & ideas____________

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1800-1830 3. _______________ &

_____________________• ______________• ______________• ______________• Supernatural• ______________

• ____________• ____________• Nature• Legend • __________

Nathaniel Hawthorne Edgar Alan Poe

Walt Whitman

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• Unsatisfied with __________

• Optimism for the __________

• New ____________________• God, people, nature, &

society• ____________• ____________

Why?

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Romanticism

&

American Renaissance

A. ________________ B. ______________________

A. Transcendentalism

• ____________ Movement• Religion, __________, &

literary theory• Truths of universe are

not found from ___________

• Self-knowledge• ___________ above

senses and learning• Intuition is the ________ ___________________

• Unity with __________-__________universal soul

• Reverence for _________

• Increased human understanding & _______

_____________________

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry David Thoreau

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B. Anti-Transcendentalism

• ___________________ to transcendentalism

• Humans are essentially ____________________

• Full of ___________________

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Frederick Douglas

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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The Gilded Age or Realism1861-1890

• Lost confidence of _______________in Civil War

• Realization of human _______________

• Expansion of commerce and industry

• ________________!

• A widening gap between rich and poor creates classism and…1. _____________2. _____________3. _____________

West- _________________and expedition

North- _____________, irony, & esp. _______________

South- art, poetry, _______________, & folklore

Writing Trends…

• Factual• _______________• _______________• Life and society

• ________________-Writing that shows different regions

1. ____________2. Dialect3. ____________4. Characters5. ____________

Age of Science1890-1914

• New _____________ideas

• ____________ novels

• ________________• Heredity +

Environment=________________

Modernism1914-Present

• ____________ tension

• ____________ unrest• Many perspectives• _________________• _________________• _________________

• _________________• _________________• Experimentation• Doom of _________• Unconventional• _______________

subjects• _______________ • _______________• Unique

• Bright ____________

• Unique ___________

• Recognition of ______ people, everywhere

• Freedom in writing is a reflection of __________________

________________________?

What are some of the current trends in literature?

Will there be another trend or movement?

NOT THE END…

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Movements of American Literature A study of the history of reading and writing. Ms. Shellenberger