Colonial period
How is the colonial literature called else?
Puritanʼs literature
Who were the famous contributors to the American Enlightenment?
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson
The author of the "Sketch book" and the first American short stories?
Washington Irving
Literature that focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, topography particular to a specific region?
Local-color literature or regionalism
... effectively demonstrated how the struggles of one family mirrored the hardship of the entire nation in his work. Which book and the author?
John Steinbeck, "The Grapes of Wrath"
Why a large part of the literature of this period was of a religious nature?
Because most of the settlers came to America escaping from religious strife and persecution and America appeared as the Promised Land where they would be free to worship God
His political views led him to a stint in prison?
Thomas Paine
What are the main ideas of Transcendental movement?
Intuition
A rejection of materialism
Nature as a source of truth and inspiration
Non-conformity, individuality and self-reliance
The writer doesn't select facts in accordance with preconceived ideals but rather sets down observations objectively?
Realism
His significant contribution to poetry was the introduction of Imagism, a poetic movement derived from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry?
Ezra Pound
What kinds of writings did the colonial literature include?
1. Historical writings
2. Religious writings
3. Colonial poetry
4. Journals
" Author of the Declaration of American Independence"
Thomas Jefferson
This name was given to an extremely popular group of New England poets including Bryant, Longfellow, Holmes and others?
Fireside poets
The establisher of the newspaper "The Enterprise"?
Mark Twain
This term applied to all Americans who found the life in the US to be shallow, vulgar and empty after the war?
The lost generation
Who signed "Mayflower Compact", the 1st official government document in the New World?
William Bradford
What are the 4 themes recur in both European and American Enlightenment texts?
Modernization
Scepticism
Reason
Liberty
Who was called "The most valuable example of American genius" by Henry James?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
They are generally not concerned with absolutes or ideals and may even deny their existence?
Realism writers
The author of "Waste Land" and "Four Quartets"?
T.S.Eliot
Which author wrote about their stay in Indian Captivity?
Mary Rowlandson
This work provided a weather forecast while also containing proverbs?
"Poor Richard's Almanack"
Negro in this novel is a leader of an uprising, he is a rebellious slave. Which book is this statement about and who is the author?
"Dred, a Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" by Harriet Beecher Stove
In their writing called "veritism", the author insisted upon telling the"bitter truth" and including the mud and cold of the landscape. Who is this writer?
Hamlin Garland
... developed important channels of intellectual and aesthetic exchange between the United States and Europe?
Ezra Pound