Creation Myths
The earth was created because it was a formless void God hovered over.
Why was the earth created in the Judeo/Christian story?
Currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose.
What are the five areas of focus in CRAAP?
Ethos (authority), pathos (emotion), and logos (logic).
What are the three types of argumentation?
Puritans wanted to express their religion freely.
Why did puritans emigrate to the New World?
Focused on optimism, individualism, and kinship with nature.
What is the light side of romanticism?
Humans were created because Obtala was bored and started to create them in his image. When he became drunk, he finished them as imperfect beings and had life breathed into them.
Why were humans created in the Yoruba/West African story?
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A period in which it was believed that by using reason, humans could solve important problems without relying on authority, tradition, or superstition.
What is the age of reason?
Independence, rights of the people, education for all, work ethic, democratic elections, and local control.
What were the contributions to puritan literature?
Focused on the darkness of the Gothic imagination.
What is the dark side of romanticism?
The humans' relationship with the land is to respect it and the animals and plants that came before them.
What did the creator of the humans in the Cherokee story see as their proper relationship to the land?
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What is MLA (Modern Language Association) style formatting?
Helped lead to the American Revolution movement and literature.
What did the age of reason beliefs help do?
Wanted to "purify" the church, God is all-powerful, man is evil, the importance of the Attainment of a state of grace, predestination, election, divine mission, and plainness.
What are the beliefs of Puritans?
Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville.
Who are the first authors of American short stories?