Native/Early American Literature
The first American Poet
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
Setting of the Crucible
What is Salem, Mass.?
What is Dark Romanticism?
Nick lives here
What is West Egg?
The intended recipient of a text to whom it is directed (rhetorical device)
What is audience?
Cultural Appropriation
What is taking on something from another culture in an inappropriate way without permission or education?
The Crucible is an allegory for...
This era emphasized the spiritual over the material; thought nature = spiritual; and believed in intuition over logic
What is the Transcendentalism era?
Daisy's priority
What is Herself/materialism/wealth?
The message an author is trying to send through repeated ideas (literary device)
What is theme?
Focus of Native American Holidays
What is nature / the spiritual world / ancestors?
Major theme of The Crucible
What is the destructive power of Mass Hysteria?
Era that emphasized reason over sensation.
Fitzgerald critiques this concept
What is "The American Dream"?
Words that trigger the reader to recall images or mental pictures that engage one of the five senses. (literary device)
What is imagery?
What is cultural ideas/art are preserved orally from one generation to another?
What is Pilgrims wanted to leave the Church of England and Puritans wanted to reform it?
Era that emphasized emotion; rejected rigidity, and celebrated the Heroic
What is the romantic era?
This symbolizes God watching the decay of society
What is The Eyes of TJ Eckleburg?
The apparent attitude of an author about the subject of their work (rhetorical device)
What is tone?
Major Purpose of contemporary Native American writings
What is emphasize the importance of their culture within "White" society?
Allegory definition
What is a text that has a surface level meaning and a deeper meaning that makes a political or social point?
Henry David Thoreau is most notably aligned with this era
What is transcendentals?
What is "The Green Light"?
The time and place of a piece of writing, or the event that prompted the author to write it. (rhetorical device)
What is occasion?