Unit 1
Native American Literature
Name two historical events in the Native American timeline
30,000 BC: Settlement of Native Americans
1200-1600 BC: Native American Culture Flourishes
1492 AD: Christopher Columbus discovers "The New World"
1521 AD: Hernando Cortez conquers the Aztecs
1607 AD: Jamestown is settled
Romantic/Gothic:
Name two authors from the Romantic/Gothic Period
Washington Irving
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edgar Allan Poe
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
Modernism:
Name two authors from the Modernism period
Robert Frost
T.S. Elliot
F. Scott Fitzgerald
William Faulkner
Eudora Welty
Lorraine Hansbury
John Steinbeck
Contemporary:
Name two events from the Contemporary timeline
1950-1953: The Korean War
1950-1975: The Vietnam War
1964: The Civil Rights Act
1969: The Moon Landing
1973: Roe v. Wade
1990-1991: The Persian Gulf War
Name three themes of The Crucible:
Power
Hysteria
Morality
Pride
Reputation
Puritan Literature:
Name two traits of Puritan Literature
1) Wrote mostly diaries and histories, which expressed connections between God and everyday life
2) Sought to "purify" the Church of England by reforming to simpler forms of worship and church organization described in the New Testament
3) Saw religion as an inner, personal experience
4) Believed in original sin and "elect" who would be saved (Pre-determinism)
5) Used a plain style of writing
Rationalism:
Name two historical events from the Rationalism Timeline
1689: John Locke publishes "Two Treatise of Government"
1762: Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes "The Social Contract"
1776: The Declaration of Independence
1787: The French Revolution Starts
1788: The United States Constitution is developed
1793: The Industrial Revolution Starts in America
Modernism:
Name two events from the Modernism timeline
1903: Technology Advances
1917-1918: US Involvement in WW1
1919: Versailles Treaty, Women's Suffrage, Prohibition
1929: The Great Depression begins
1942-1945: US Involvement in WWII
1949: NATO is established
Contemporary:
Name Two Authors of the Contemporary Period
James Baldwin
Maya Angelou
Anne Sexton
Alice Walker
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Amy Tan
Name three themes of The Great Gatsby:
The American Dream
Class
Honesty
Time and Nostalgia
Obsession
Illusion vs Reality
Puritan Literature:
Name two historical events in the Puritan timeline
1620: Mayflower arrives in Massachussetts
1630-1640: Puritans continue to settle
1636-1637: Pequot War
1692: The Salem Witch Trials
1743: The Great Awakening
1754-1760: French and Indian War
Transcendentalism:
Name two authors of the Transcendental Period
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Louisa May Alcott
Realism:
Name two traits of Realism
1) Feelings of disillusionment
2) Common subjects: slums of rapidly growing cities, factories replacing farmlands, poor factory workers, and corrupt politicians
3) Represented the manner and environment of everyday life and ordinary people as realistically as possible (Regionalism)
4) Sought to explain behavior psychologically or socially (Naturalism)
Contemporary:
Name two traits of Contemporary Literature
1) Influenced by studies of media, language, and information technology
2) Sense that little is unique; culture endlessly duplicates and copies itself
3) New literary forms and techniques: works composed of only dialogue or combining fiction and nonfiction, experimenting with the physical appearance of the work
4) More diverse perspectives and the use of creative nonfiction
What was The Crucible an allegory for?
The Red Scare (McCarthyism)
Native American Literature:
Name two traits of Native American Literature
1) Oral Literature (Creation Myths, Stories, Poems, Songs, Epic Narratives, etc)
2) Use stories to convey practical information about the world and to teach moral lessons
3) Deep respect for Nature and Animals
4) Cyclical Worldview
5) Figurative Language/Parallelism
Romantic/Gothic:
Name two traits of Romantic or Gothic Literature
1) Valued Feelings, intuition, idealism, and inductive reasoning
2) Placed faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination
3) Shunned the artificiality of civilization and sought unspoiled nature as a path to spirituality
4) Championed individual freedom and the worth of the individual
5) Saw poetry as the highest expression of the imagination
6) Dark Romantics: Used dark and supernatural themes/settings (Gothic Style)
Realism:
Name two events from the Realism timeline
1865-1866: Reconstruction of the South
1865-1870: New Amendments
1869: Transcontinental Railroad
1890: Sherman Anti-Trust Act
1893: The Closing of the American Frontier
1898: Spanish-American War
Harlem Renaissance:
Name two authors of the Harlem Renaissance
James Weldon Jones
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
What is the defintion of the word "crucible"?
A severe trial that forges a new creation
What is the name of the sermon delivered by Jonathon Edwards during The Great Awakening?
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Romantic/Gothic Literature:
Name two historical events from the Romantic/Gothic timeline
1803: Louisiana Purchase
1812: War of 1812
1823: Monroe Doctrine
1838: Trail of Tears
1848: California Gold Rush
1860: The Civil War Begins
Modernism:
What is "The American Dream"?
The belief that all Americans have the opportunity to be successful, even in challenging circumstances
Name two events from the Harlem Renaissance timeline
1909: The NAACP is created
1916: The Great Migration starts
1919: Red Summer Riots
1924: Louis Armstrong moves to NYC
1926: The Weary Blues is published
1937: Their Eyes Watching God is published
Nick Carraway is an example of a:
Unreliable Narrator