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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
1760-18002. _______________________
________________ ________________ Independence from
_________________ Self management ________________ Ethics ________________ Moderation ________________Benjamin Franklin
The ___________________occurred during the Age of Reason
Fought with… Until…______ The Constitution-1776 ______ Growth of _____& ____________ Feelings & ideas____________
1800-1830 3. _______________ &
_____________________• ______________• ______________• ______________• Supernatural• ______________
• ____________• ____________• Nature• Legend • __________
Nathaniel Hawthorne Edgar Alan Poe
Walt Whitman
• Unsatisfied with __________
• Optimism for the __________
• New ____________________• God, people, nature, &
society• ____________• ____________
Why?
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
B. Anti-Transcendentalism
• ___________________ to transcendentalism
• Humans are essentially ____________________
• Full of ___________________
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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…