Native American
The belief that there are layers of the earth or universe, and people begin at a more primitive level and journey upwards.
Emergence
The defining historical event of the Puritan era.
The Salem Witch Trials
The art of persuasive writing and speaking.
Rhetoric
Romanticism is a direct reaction AGAINST which major historical movement?
Hint: Rationalism is a smaller offshoot of this movement.
Enlightenment
The Modernism period is a direct result of this major historical event.
World War 1
These are popular, shape-shifting characters across many different native cultures.
Trickster
The beilef that God has already chosen who will be saved and who will be damned.
Predestination
The three rhetorical appeals.
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
Romanticism values or emphasizes THESE over logic, order, and reason.
The style of writing changes drastically during this period and is characterized strongly by these TWO things:
Fragmented, broken structure & a detached, remote POV.
Native stories often do NOT separate these two things.
Creator & Creation
The idea that humans are inherently sinful and evil.
Original Sin
The most popular forms of literature of the time.
Essays, speeches, pamphlets, or other non-fiction writings.
A common motif across all offshoots of Romantic literature, considered an inexhaustible source of moral and spiritual lessons.
Nature
This literary device is used HEAVILY in the Modernist era.
Allusion
Harmony, Earth/Creation, Numbers, Cycles, and Oral Tradition are all shared between various native cultures despite their diversity. This is known as what?
Shared Cultural Perspectives
The idea that God is the ultimate ruler, and society and community is based upon religious principles.
Theocracy/Theocratic Society
A major Rationalist author credited with getting the ball moving on the American Revolution.
Patrick Henry
These forms of writing gain popularity during this time.
Novels, poetry, & short stories.
Modernism is in direct opposition to WHICH movement?
Romanticism.
The explanation of the source of something (also, deals with the formation universe and the things within it)
Etiology Myth/Creation Story
The first institution of higher learning established in America; higher emphasis was placed on literacy starting with this period so that people could read the Bible.
Harvard College
In 1721, Cotton Mather brings a smallpox vaccine to the US. At first it is seen as an affront to God, but its success forced colonists to reconsider their stance on God's power and will, leading to this philosophy.
Deism (the belief that God created a perfect world, but humanity must control that world using the tools given to them by God.)
The three offshoots of Romanticism that we discussed.
Dark Romanticism, Gothic Literature, Transcendentalism.
The Modernist era mostly consisted of major players questioning WHAT previously held belief?
God's role in the universe.