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Time Periods In American Literature

Time Periods In American Literature. Puritan: 1650-1750. Christian Utopia “be a city upon a hill” Sermons, Diaries, Narratives Reinforces the authority of the Bible and Church . Puritan Cont. A person’s fate is determined by God All corrupt and must be saved by Christ Works:

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Time Periods In American Literature

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  1. Time Periods In American Literature

  2. Puritan: 1650-1750 • Christian Utopia • “be a city upon a hill” • Sermons, Diaries, Narratives • Reinforces the authority of the Bible and Church

  3. Puritan Cont. • A person’s fate is determined by God • All corrupt and must be saved by Christ Works: • Huswifery – Edward Taylor Pg 94

  4. Age of Enlightenment: 1750-1800 • National Mission and American Character • Democratic Utopia • Use of Reason

  5. Political Pamphlets Travel Writing Fiction Employs Generic Plots and Characters Fiction Often Tells The Story of How an Innocent Young Woman is Tested by a Seductive Male Patriotism Grows Instill Pride Shows Differences between Americans and Europeans Age of Enlight. Cont.

  6. Tells Readers How to Interpret What They are Reading To Encourage Revolutionary War Support Works Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography Age of Enlightenment Cont.

  7. Romanticism 1800-1855 • Idealism • Focus on the Individual’s Inner Feelings • Imagination Over Reason • Literary Tales • Poetry • Transcendentalism: principles of reality are to be discovered by the study of the processes of thought, or a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual over scientific

  8. Emily Dickenson Gender Roles Were Defined Allow People to Re-imagine the American Past Romanticism Cont.

  9. Realism 1855-1914

  10. People in Society Defined By Class Society Corrupted By Materialism Novels and Short Stories Become Important Mark Twain!!! Realism

  11. Modernism: 1900-1946 • Disillusion, Defiance, Discontent • People Unable to Communicate Effectively • People Dwelled On The Past • Faulkner • Porter The Jilting of Granny Weatherall pg. 848

  12. Celebrated Characteristics of African-American Life Celebrates New Life As Americans Used The Structure of Blues Songs In Poetry Gave Birth to a New Form of Religious Music Called “Gospel” Migration to Northern Urban Cities Modernism – Harlem Renaissance 1920’s

  13. Post-Modernism: 1946- Present

  14. Post Modernism Cont. • People Observe Life as The Media Presents It, Rather Than Experiencing It • Pop Culture Takes Over • Fantasy Blurs Lines of Reality For The Reader

  15. Post-Modernism Cont • Overwhelming Technological Changes • Rise Of Youth Culture • Speeches • JFK • Martin Luther King Jr

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