Romanticism
The United State of America's "Uncle" or "Papa" of free verse poetry
Walt Whitman
This characteristic of Realism uses slang, contracted words, colloquial phrases and common misspellings intentionally in dialogue
Dialect
This movement took place between. . .
1910ish-1945
The beginning of this movement was defined by
The end of WWII and the atomic bombing of Japan
Mark Twain, despite working around water for much of his life, almost drowned ___ times.
What could be considered the United States of America's original fairy tale?
L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
This author and activist ran away from his master, taught himself to read, write, speak and organize.
(spelling counts)
Frederick Douglass
This movement within Modernism sprouted in a New York neighborhood and challenged "mainstream" (white) American perceptions
Harlem Renaissance
Realistic contemporary fiction often comments somehow on
current events and social issues
This Romantic writer made some money writing devastating critiques of his peers.
Edgar Allen Poe
Romantics would travel into nature and viewed it as a source of:
spirituality, God, the universe, the inner self, true humanity and natural goodness
This author used stream-of-consciousness writing to manipulate time and reality for a bridge saboteur who imagined his escape.
Ambrose Bierce
Ezra Pound coined this requirement for Modernist writing
"make it new"
Acker's favorite Contemporary writer
(spelling counts)
Don DeLillo
This writer fought with 6 chapters of "The Catcher in the Rye" in his backpack on D-Day
J.D. Salinger
The hero of Romantic literature is often this kind of person
DAILY DOUBLE
common person, average, normal, unexceptional other than their _____________
This is a core requirement of Realism
plausible and realistic situations
Several writers who abandoned the United states for a number of years were called this
The Lost Generation
Which contemporary genre was invented in the last thirty years or so, but is defined in a variety of different ways
Young Adult Literature
Who invented a device to reach books on high shelves?
Benjamin Franklin
This characteristic remains engrained in American culture, art, values, norms and media to the present day.
Individualism
Arguably the greatest writer of Realism, his real name was Samuel Clemens and he took his pseudonyms from working on the Mississippi River
Mark Twain
Art Deco
Which event likely started a new era in art, writing, and culture? We won't know for sure until the future.
The terrorist attacks on New York city on September 11, 2001
What is the original title of William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury?"
Hint: Think popular 2000s YA. . .
Twilight