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Romantic Era
Transcendentalists
Charly
Realism/Naturalism
Modern Era
100
Early Romantics, Fireside Poets, Transcendentalists, Gothic
What are the four sub categories for the Romantic Era?
100
1840 - 1855
What is the time period for the Transcendentalist Era?
100
Charly's alter ego
Who is Algernon?
100
Wrote about a man being hung for being on the wrong side of the war.
Who is Ambrose Bierce?
100
1915-1946
What is the time period for the Modern Era?
200
"The Raven"
What is the poem written by Edgar Allan Poe that mourns the loss of his love Lenore?
200
Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau
Who are two famous Transcendentalist authors?
200
Charly addresses this major issue in our society.
How do we treat mental illness?
200
Wrote The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calveras County
Who is Mark Twain?
200
F. Scott Fitzgerald William Faulkner Robert Frost
Who are some famous authors from the Modern Era?
300
Washington Irving Edgar Allen Poe Henry Wadsworth Longfellow James Fenimore Cooper
Who are the authors/poets of the Romantic Era?
300
Emotions, feelings, anti-slavery, simpler life, back to nature, standing up for what you believe in
What are the themes of the Transcendentalist Era
300
One of these makes Charly smarter and then dumber again.
What is an experiment?
300
A fragile, shy human being, afraid to come out of her shell.
What does the glass menagerie symbolize?
300
The Great Gatsby
What is a famous novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
400
Letters, diaries, memoirs, and pamphlets
What was the literary focus of the Romantic Era
400
California Gold Rush, Irish potato famine, first women’s rights convention, more patents and inventions, Lincoln-Douglass debates
What are the historical connections to the Transcendentalists Era?
400
They are at odds with how to treat Charly.
Who are Dr. Strauss and Professor Nemur?
400
A subject often written about in naturalism stories, such as those by Jack London.
What is survival?
400
Free verse, stream of consciousness, public poetry readings, magazines (small publications),
What is the literary focus for the Modern Era?
500
Emotions, feelings, human rights, beauty of America, lost love, and the supernatural
What are the themes of the Romantic Era?
500
"Why I went into the woods" "Why I came out of the woods"
What are two excerpts from Thoreau's piece "Walden" that talk about a simpler life and learning that people need balance in their lives?
500
You become less happy the more you know.
What is the main theme of Charly?
500
Letters, diaries, memoirs
What is the literary focus for the Realism Era?
500
Humor, “revolt from the village,” reckless youth, fantasy of idealized love, folk tales, dehumanizing forces of urban slums
What are the themes for the Modern Era?